RASHO v. JEFFREYS

Nos. 19-1145, 19-1375 & 19-1978.

22 F.4th 703 (2022)

Ashoor RASHO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Rob JEFFREYS, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, and Melvin Hinton, Acting Statewide Mental Health Supervisor of the Illinois Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 12, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda C. Antholt , Samantha Rose Reed , Attorneys, Equip for Equality, Incorporated, Harold C. Hirshman , Attorney, Dentons US LLP, Alan S. Mills , Attorney, Uptown People's Law Center, Elizabeth Mazur , Attorney, West Town Community Law Office, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Frank Henry Bieszczat , Attorney, Katelin B. Buell , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, R. Douglas Rees , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Ripple and Kanne, Circuit Judges.


Ashoor Rasho, on behalf of a class of mentally ill inmates in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections ("IDOC"), sued IDOC officials for failing to provide constitutionally adequate mental-health care. The parties eventually reached a settlement requiring IDOC to meet certain benchmarks across more than a dozen areas...

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