Jackson v. Randle

State: Illinois

Court: 4th District Appellate

Docket No: 4-10-0790 Official Reports

Case Date: 09/09/2011

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Appellate Court

Jackson v. Randle, 2011 IL App (4th) 100790

Appellate Court Caption

ROMEO JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHAEL P. RANDLE, Director, The Department of Corrections; TONY SMALL, Chief Fiscal Officer of The Department of Corrections; ANTHONY RAMOS, Warden of Stateville Correctional Center; and THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Individually and on Behalf of a Defendant Class of Correctional Facilities, Defendants-Appellees.

District & No.

Fourth District Docket No. 4-10-0790 July 12, 2011 September 9, 2011 Plaintiff inmate's complaint alleging that the prison overcharged inmates in violation of section 3-7-2a of the Unified Code of Corrections was properly dismissed, since inmates have a constitutional right to certain things, including adequate water, shelter, food, clothing, sanitation, and medical care, but they have no "rights" to commissary items at a specified price.

Argued Filed Held
(Note: This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.)

Decision Under Review

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, No. 10-CH-406; the Hon. Leslie J. Graves, Judge, presiding.

Judgment Counsel on Appeal

Affirmed. Clinton A. Krislov and Robert P. DeWitte (argued), both of Krislov & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago, and Samuel J. Cahnman, of Springfield, for appellant. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, of Chicago (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, and Brett E. Legner (argued), Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellees.

Panel

JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Pope and Cook concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

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