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HICKS v. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 23-1091.

109 F.4th 895 (2024)

Gary HICKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 23, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Baker, Attorney, Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jonathan Joseph Sheffield, Jr., Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Illinois Department of Corrections, Michelle Neese, Josh Yargus, Rob Jeffreys, John Eilers.

Before Ripple, Scudder, and Jackson-Akiwumi, Circuit Judges.

The Illinois Department of Corrections suspended corrections sergeant Gary Hicks for 10 days after an internal investigation into his Facebook posts—posts a news article described as "Islamophobic" and "offensive." The internal investigation concluded that Hicks violated Department policies banning "conduct...

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