POWELL v. ILLINOIS

Case No. 18 CV 6675.

DEMETRIA POWELL, as guardian ad litem and on behalf of her son D.P; TANYA REESE, as guardian ad litem and on behalf of her son M.R.; and TYWANNA PATRICK, as guardian ad litem and on behalf of her granddaughter J.C., as well as on behalf of a class of similarly situated children, Plaintiffs, v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS; THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE; BRUCE RAUNER, Governor of the State of Illinois; and LEO P. SCHMITZ, Director of the Illinois Department of State Police, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

September 30, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights
Nature of Suit: 446 Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities - Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Demetria Powell, as guardian ad litem and on behalf of her son D.P., Plaintiff, represented by Thomas Howard Geoghegan , Despres Schwartz & Geoghegan, Thomas Edward Johnson , Johnson, Jones, Snelling & Gilbert & Michael Paul Persoon , Despres Schwartz & Geoghegan.

The State of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Governor of the State of Illinois, Illinois Department of State Police, The & Leo P Schmitz, Director of the Illinois Department of State Police, Defendants, represented by Thomas A. Ioppolo , Illinois Attorney General's Office.


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