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Lawsuit: Cook sheriff, chief judge should pay for murder of Vietnam vet in carjacking
The lawsuit is the second filed in recent weeks, seeking to hold the county liable for crimes committed by people allegedly under the county's electronic monitoring program as they awaited trial on other charges. The Sheriff's Office says it doesn't believe the men were in their monitoring program -
Lawsuit: Cook County sheriff, chief judge liable for woman's death at hand of man on electronic monitoring
The lawsuit accuses Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans of placing accused violent criminal Dominiko Johnson on electronic home monitoring, but allowing him to travel to the home of girlfriend Shanate Guy, who he allegedly shot to death -
Judge bounces court reporter's sex discrimination suit vs chief judge, over bullying by other Black female court reporters
A Chicago federal judge has tossed a sex discrimination lawsuit by a black female Cook County court reporter, who alleged some of her fellow black court employees bullied her for associating with white court personnel, ruling the alleged harassment was not based on the reporter's gender. -
Cook County chief judge shuts down criminal bench trials due to COVID, orders all proceedings to livestream, conference call
The order from Chief Judge Timothy Evans marks second time since spring in-person proceedings have been shut down in Cook County due to COVID-19. -
Cook County COVID court restrictions to begin easing July 6: Chief Judge
Most court activity will still be conducted via videoconference, not in courtrooms, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans has ordered. -
Cook County chief judge orders courts shut down til July due to COVID
The county is planning to boost its livestreaming capabilities through Zoom and Youtube, the chief judge's office said -
COVID to keep Cook County courts mostly closed until May 31: Chief Judge
Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans extended the severe courthouse activity restrictions from May 18 to the end of the month to help combat the spread of COVID-19. -
Cook County COVID court activity restrictions extended until mid-May; most remaining activities to be held remotely
Cook County’s chief judge has extended the COVID-induced shutdown of nearly all county court proceedings until mid-May, at the earliest, and this time will close some courthouses, while also requiring virtually all remaning activity to be conducted by videoconference. -
Cook County Chief Judge Evans says shielded from lawsuit, asks to be dropped from 'Empire' lawsuit
Evans says he's a state official and can't be sued over filming at juvenile center -
Cook Courts Clerk appeal: Federal judge wrongly stepped into dispute over public access to court files
Moments after a Chicago federal judge chided her for creating a system designed to take an “end-run” around the First Amendment’s guarantee of public access to public information, the clerk of Cook County’s courts has asked a federal appeals court to put a hold on the judge's order and further remove the matter from the judge’s consideration entirely. -
Cook County officials accused of retaliating vs juvenile jail officer for reporting crime by supervisor
A security supervisor at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is suing Cook County,. the county's Chief Judge Timothy Evans, and other officials at the county JTDC for firing him in retaliation for reporting another supervisor at the JTDC had allegedly illegally brought a firearm into the facility. -
Juvenile inmates OK to continue some of their lawsuit over filming of 'Empire' in Cook detention center
A federal judge is allowing juvenile inmates to continue part of their lawsuit over filming of the television show “Empire” at a Cook County detention center. -
Judge lets juvenile detainees continue suit vs Cook County over filming of TV show "Empire"
Juvenile detainees will be allowed to continue part of their class action complaint of rights violations against Cook County prison officials and television network Fox after a federal judge in Chicago refused to dismiss the entire case, claiming the county had wrongly surrendered control of large portions of the county’s juvenile detention center while the studio filmed episodes of hit television show, “Empire.”