Richard v. Pritzker

2 Citing cases

  1. Torry v. Albrecht

    No. 21-CV-1429-JPS (E.D. Wis. Jan. 29, 2024)

    However, high-level state and prison officials without medical training cannot be held liable for their “failure to tell [the prison's] medical staff how to do its job.” Id. at 596; see Taylor v. Carter, No. 3:21-CV-852-RLM-MGG, 2022 WL 1686548, at *3 (N.D. Ind. May 26, 2022) (holding prisoner failed to state deliberate indifference claim where he had written letters to the director of the state corrections department and the warden of his facility); Richard v. Pritzker, Case No. 19-cv-1308-DWD, 2022 WL 476241, at *2-3 (S.D. Ill. Feb. 16, 2022) (dismissing deliberate indifference claims against Governor Pritzker and Jeffreys where complaint alleged only that they had not acted when plaintiff sent letters to them). Meisner has no medical training and his office referred Plaintiff's interview/information request to the health services unit to handle based on their expertise. Based on the undisputed facts, the Court finds that no reasonable jury could find that Meisner was deliberately indifferent to Plaintiff's serious medical needs.

  2. Riley v. Pritzker

    19 C 02002 (N.D. Ill. Sep. 19, 2022)   Cited 3 times

    This is not enough to state a claim. High-level state and prison officials without medical training cannot be held liable for their “failure to tell [the prison's] medical staff how to do its job.” Id. at 596; see Taylor v. Carter, No. 3:21-CV-852-RLM-MGG, 2022 WL 1686548, at *3 (N.D. Ind. May 26, 2022) (holding prisoner failed to state deliberate indifference claim where he had written letters to the director of the state corrections department and the warden of his facility); Richard v. Pritzker, Case No. 19-cv-1308-DWD, 2022 WL 476241, at *2-3 (S.D. Ill. Feb. 16, 2022) (dismissing deliberate indifference claims against Governor Pritzker and Jeffreys where complaint alleged only that they had not acted when plaintiff sent letters to them). Accordingly, the claims against Governor Pritzker, Jeffreys, and Gomez in their individual capacities are dismissed.