Em v. Harrington

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that “it would be reasonable … to infer an official custom, pol- icy, or practice”
• holding that hearsay statements in court filings are usually not subject to judicial notice, which is “a powerful tool that must be used with caution”
• holding that Department of Justice report was admissible, but that the Lippert report, though “crafted with care for the court and parties based on scheduled visits to [Cook County] jail,” was properly excluded
• explaining that a Monell plaintiff “must show more than the deficiencies specific to his own experience”
• noting that an official can be liable if he created a policy that caused a constitutional violation
• noting that an official policy, custom, or practice requires more than deficiencies specific to the plaintiff’s own experience

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).