HERRERA v. CLEVELAND

No. 20-2076.

8 F.4th 493 (2021)

Justin HERRERA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Teresa CLEVELAND, Samuel Diaz, and Enrique Martinez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd A. Gale , Katie Welch , Attorneys, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Francis J. Catania , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, Ryan Suniga , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Torts and Civil Rights Litigation, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

James Davy , Attorney, Jim Davy , Philadelphia, PA, Samuel Weiss , Attorney, Rights Behind Bdrs, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Brennan And Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Justin Herrera, an Illinois state prisoner, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against three correctional officers of the Cook County Jail for failing to protect him from assault and denying him prompt medical care. In his timely filed original complaint, Herrera named each of the defendants "John Doe" as a nominal placeholder...

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