THOMPSON v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 03 C 7172.

412 F.Supp.2d 881 (2005)

Lawrence THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. THE COUNTY OF COOK; Michael Sheahan, Sheriff of Cook County, in his official capacity; Callie Baird, Director, Cook County Department of Corrections, in her official capacity; Ruth Rothstein, Director, Cook County Department of Public Health, in her official capacity; and Leonard R. Bersky, Chief Operating Officer, Cermak Health Services of Cook County, in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

August 8, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Thompson, Orland Park, IL, pro se.

Francis J. Catania, John A. Ouska, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KENNELLY, District Judge.

In this lawsuit, Lawrence Thompson, an attorney proceeding pro se, contends that upon being incarcerated after being found in civil contempt by a Cook County judge, he was forced by Cook County personnel to submit to a visual cavity strip search and to undergo a urethral swabbing test which involved insertion of a metal rod with a swab on the end into his penis. Thompson claims that these...

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