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· 12/1/2009

Thomas v. Cook County Sheriff's Department

Citations

  • 588 F.3d 445
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 26086
  • 2009 WL 4251079

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding a link between the practice of failing to review medical requests and the inmate’s death
  • finding deliberate indifference based on prison officials ignoring an inmate’s visible symptoms of serious illness
  • finding a link between the practice of failing to review medical requests and the inmate’s death
  • finding deliberate indifference based on prison officials ignoring an inmate’s visible symptoms of serious illness
  • “A governmental body’s policies must be the moving force behind the constitutional violation before we can impose liability under Monell.”

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Judges: Flaum, Wood, Williams

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