· 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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