TENNY v. BLAGOJEVICH

Nos. 10-3075, 10-3076, 10-3077, 10-3078, 10-3106, 10-3140, 10-3169.

659 F.3d 578 (2011)

Robert TENNY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rod R. BLAGOJEVICH, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Marcos Gray, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Roger E. Walker, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Twetten (argued), Attorney, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert Tenny , Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet, IL, pro se.

Kelvin Norwood , Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet, IL, pro se.

Derrick Morgan , Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet, IL, pro se.

Johnnie Ross , Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet, IL, pro se.

Lewis C. Henry , Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet, IL, pro se.

Clayborn L. Smith, Jr. , Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet, IL, pro se.

Marcos Gray , Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet, IL, pro se.

Deborah L. Ahlstrand , Jan E. Hughes , Attorneys, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Brian F. Barov (argued), Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before MANION, WOOD, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Illinois has a statutory cap on the price prison commissaries can charge inmates for any item purchased. The plaintiffs in these consolidated cases are seven inmates incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois. They sued current and former officials in the Illinois Department of Corrections, and the former Governor, for marking up the price of commissary goods beyond that cap...

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