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Case Name
Davis v. Baldwin
PC-IL-0041
Docket / Court
3:16-cv-00600-SCW ( S.D. Ill. )
State/Territory
Illinois
Case Type(s)
Prison Conditions
Special Collection
Solitary confinement
Attorney Organization
Uptown People's Law Center
Case Summary
On June 2, 2016, a group of residents of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) filed this class-action lawsuit against the IDOC in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. Represented by the ...
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On June 2, 2016, a group of residents of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) filed this class-action lawsuit against the IDOC in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. Represented by the Uptown People's Law Center and private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that the IDOC subjected the prisoners to be housed in “extreme isolation,” which the plaintiffs defined as segregation from the mainstream prisoner population where prisoners are involuntarily confined to their cells for upwards of 22 to 24 hours a day. This, they alleged, violated the Eighth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as class-action certification.
On August 22, 2016, the IDOC moved to dismiss this case for failure to state a claim and lack of jurisdiction. The court denied the motion on March 10, 2017. The parties continued to engage in discovery.
The plaintiffs filed for class certification on September 6, 2019. The court issued an order on March 6, 2020 announcing that plaintiffs' motion for class certification was fully briefed and that the court intended to set this motion for oral argument. As of April 10, 2020, the case has yet to go to oral argument and is ongoing.
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Constitutional Clause
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Due Process
Defendant-type
Corrections
Jurisdiction-wide
General
Conditions of confinement
Disciplinary procedures
Disciplinary segregation
Solitary confinement/Supermax (conditions or process)
Torture
Totality of conditions
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Special Case Type
Criminal
Type of Facility
Government-run
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. § 1983
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Illinois Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description
Inmates currently incarcerated in Illinois Department of Corrections facilities.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations
Uptown People's Law Center
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
Pending
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer
Yes
Nature of Relief
None yet
Source of Relief
None yet
Filed
06/02/2016
Case Ongoing
Yes
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Court
Docket(s)
S.D. Ill.
05/04/2020
3:16-cv-600
PC-IL-0041-9000.pdf
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General Documents
S.D. Ill.
01/22/2017
Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1]
PC-IL-0041-0001.pdf
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S.D. Ill.
03/10/2017
Memorandum and Order [ECF# 71]
(2017 WL 951406)
PC-IL-0041-0002.pdf
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S.D. Ill.
09/06/2019
Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification [ECF# 173]
PC-IL-0041-0003.pdf
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People
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Judges
Williams, Stephen C.
Court not on record
[Magistrate]
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PC-IL-0041-0002 | PC-IL-0041-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers
Anderson, Kimball Richard
(Illinois)
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Corbett, Ross J.
(Illinois)
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Cornwell, Joanna Frances
(Illinois)
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DalSanto, Matthew R.
(Illinois)
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Gebhardt, Shawn J.
(Illinois)
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Lawson, Cara
(Illinois)
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Mazur, Elizabeth N
(Illinois)
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Mills, Alan S.
(Illinois)
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Ramirez, Alyssa Elena
(Illinois)
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Schult, Nicole
(Illinois)
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Smith, Reid
(Illinois)
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Defendant's Lawyers
Bautista, Laura K.
(Illinois)
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Caplan, Gary Steven
(Illinois)
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Cook, Lisa A.
(Illinois)
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Fanning, Robert L.
(Illinois)
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Jennings, Melissa A.
(Illinois)
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Patel, Ayesha
(Illinois)
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Poe, Adam J.
(Illinois)
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Other Lawyers
Donelson, Charles
(Illinois)
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