HYNES v. SNYDER

No. 2-04-0251.

823 N.E.2d 231 (2005)

355 Ill. App.3d 394

291 Ill.Dec. 221

Mike HYNES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald SNYDER, Jr., Director of the Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee (Michael O'Leary, Deputy Director of the Department of Corrections; Jerry Sternes, Warden of Dixon Correctional Center; Glenn Johnson, Lieutenant of Security; and L.M. Jones, Correctional Officer, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

February 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hynes, Oak Park, Pro Se.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Gary S. Feinerman, Solicitor General, Carl J. Elitz, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Donald Snyder, Jr., Jerry Sternes.


Presiding Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Mike Hynes, a former inmate at the Stateville Correctional Center, filed a complaint for mandamus in the circuit court of Lee County. At the time Hynes filed his complaint, Donald Snyder, Jr., was the director of the Department of Corrections (DOC), and in his complaint Hynes sought, among other things, to compel Snyder, in his official capacity, to provide information. Specifically,...

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