RICHMAN v. SHEAHAN

No. 98 C 7350.

415 F.Supp.2d 929 (2006)

Marcella RICHMAN, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jack B. Richman, deceased, Plaintiff, v. Michael SHEAHAN, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Cook County, et al., Defendants.

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

February 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen D. Yamashiro, Donald J. Pechous, Cook County State's Attorney, Allen Stewart Kirsh, Grant, Ross & Fanning, Richard Arthur Devine, Assistant State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

Jerome Edward Boyle, Alvin W. Block & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

I.

INTRODUCTION

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