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Case Name	Coleman v. Taylor	PC-IL-0034
Docket / Court	1:15-cv-05596 ( N.D. Ill. )
State/Territory	Illinois
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Special Collection	Solitary confinement
Attorney Organization	Uptown People's Law Center
Case Summary	Plaintiffs filed a complaint on June 24, 2015, challenging the policies and practices of the Illinois Department of Corrections relating to solitary confinement. It alleged that Illinois uses extreme isolation for even the most minor offenses, in violation of the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and ... read more > Plaintiffs filed a complaint on June 24, 2015, challenging the policies and practices of the Illinois Department of Corrections relating to solitary confinement. It alleged that Illinois uses extreme isolation for even the most minor offenses, in violation of the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause. Plaintiffs sought certification of a class and systemic injunctive relief. The case was filed under 42 U.S.C. 1983, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. It was assigned to Judge James Zagel. On August 14, 2015, the defendants moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. This motion was granted on February 11, 2016, and the complaint was dismissed without prejudice. It is presumably closed. - 06/26/2015 Elizabeth Heise - 10/25/2018 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Defendant-type

Corrections

Jurisdiction-wide

General

Classification / placement

Conditions of confinement

Solitary confinement/Supermax (conditions or process)

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Illinois Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	Individual plaintiffs: individuals incarcerated in Illinois who have been or are currently transferred from general prison population into segregation. Plaintiffs seek to represent a class consisting of all prisoners who are subjected to harmful punitive isolation sentences and who are or who will be confined in Illinois’ prisons.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Uptown People's Law Center
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None
Source of Relief	None
Filing Year	2015
Case Closing Year	2016
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources


	See this case at CourtListener.com (May provide additional documents and, for active cases, real-time alerts)
	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review Date: May 2006 By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons Book Date: Jan. 1, 1998 By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]

Documents

Docket(s)

1:15-cv-5596 (N.D. Ill.)
PC-IL-0034-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 03/13/2017
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1] PC-IL-0034-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/24/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Complaint Exhibits [ECF# 1-1] PC-IL-0034-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/24/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [ECF# 14] PC-IL-0034-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/14/2015 Source: Plaintiffs' counsel
Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Brief [ECF# 15] PC-IL-0034-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/14/2015 Source: Plaintiffs' counsel
Order Dismissing Complaint [ECF# 29] (2016 WL 537970) (N.D. Ill.) PC-IL-0034-0005.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 02/11/2016 Source: Plaintiffs' counsel

People


Judges	Zagel, James Block (FISC, N.D. Ill.) show/hide docs PC-IL-0034-0005 \| PC-IL-0034-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Anderson, Kimball Richard (Illinois) show/hide docs PC-IL-0034-0001 \| PC-IL-0034-0002 \| PC-IL-0034-9000 Cornwell, Joanna Frances (Illinois) show/hide docs PC-IL-0034-0001 \| PC-IL-0034-0002 \| PC-IL-0034-9000 Mills, Alan S. (Illinois) show/hide docs PC-IL-0034-0001 \| PC-IL-0034-0002 \| PC-IL-0034-9000 Ramirez, Alyssa Elena (Illinois) show/hide docs PC-IL-0034-0001 \| PC-IL-0034-0002 \| PC-IL-0034-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Gard, Erin R. (Illinois) show/hide docs PC-IL-0034-0003 \| PC-IL-0034-0004 \| PC-IL-0034-9000 Henretty, Lyle Kevin (Illinois) show/hide docs PC-IL-0034-0003 \| PC-IL-0034-0004 \| PC-IL-0034-9000