Michael Hendricks v. Livingston County et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois granted Michael Hendricks leave to file an amended complaint and conducted screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. The court allowed Fourteenth Amendment medical-care claims to proceed against several jail and medical defendants, allowed a Monell claim against Turn Key Medical, retained Livingston County for indemnification purposes, and terminated Sheriff Ryan Bohm as a defendant.

Holdings

1. Leave to file the amended complaint was granted, and the amended pleading was accepted for screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A.
2. The complaint stated a Fourteenth Amendment claim for objectively unreasonable medical care against Lisa Draper, Jailayia Frazier, Scott Harmon, Susanna Legner, and Hughes Lochard.
3. The complaint stated a Monell claim against Turn Key Medical based on the alleged policy prohibiting Hendricks from receiving glucose tablets.
4. Livingston County remained a party for indemnification purposes only.
5. The complaint failed to state a claim against Ryan Bohm because it merely named him without alleging facts establishing or permitting an inference that he violated Hendricks's constitutional rights.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the amended complaint plausibly stated a Fourteenth Amendment claim for objectively unreasonable medical care against the identified jail and medical defendants.
2. Whether the amended complaint plausibly stated a Monell claim against Turn Key Medical based on an alleged policy prohibiting glucose tablets.
3. Whether Livingston County should remain a party for indemnification purposes.
4. Whether the complaint stated a claim against Sheriff Ryan Bohm merely by naming him as a defendant.

Disposition

other