BOWERS v. DART

No. 20-1516.

1 F.4th 513 (2021)

Marque BOWERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas J. DART, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick W. Morrissey , Attorney, Thomas G. Morrissey, Ltd, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael P. Gorman , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Rachael Wilson , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Torts and Civil Rights Litigation, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Ripple, Kanne, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Cook County inmate Marque Bowers filed this federal civil rights lawsuit after other inmates attacked him in 2012. Bowers alleged that Cook County, the Cook County Sheriff, and other Cook County Jail employees failed to protect him, instituted an observation policy that caused the attack, and later discriminated against him...

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