Richard v. Pritzker

1 Citing case

  1. 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.