CHATHAM v. DAVIS

No. 14-3318.

839 F.3d 679 (2016)

Jocelyn CHATHAM, Administrator of the Estate of Marvin T. McDonald, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Randy DAVIS, Warden, Pinckneyville Correctional Center, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher R. Smith , Attorney, Smith, Johnson & Antholt, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Carl J. Elitz , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Rodney M. Sharp , Attorney, Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and BAUER and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


Marvin McDonald died after suffering an asthma attack while he was an inmate at Pinckneyville Correctional Center, an Illinois prison. His estate, administered by Jocelyn Chatham, sued the prison's warden, Wexford Health Services (a private corporation contracted to run the prison's healthcare unit), a prison doctor and nurse...

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