Drake v. Velasco.

• Position: PRETRIAL DETENTION - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

FOOD

SANITATION

Drake v. Velasco, 207 F.Supp.2d 809 (N.D.Ill. 2002). An inmate sued county corrections officials and a food service company under [section] 1983, alleging failure to provide him with sanitary meals. The district court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss. The court held that the inmate's allegations supported Fourteenth Amendment claims and a claim of deliberate indifference under [section] 1983. The court found that the inmate sufficiently alleged sufficient injury. The inmate alleged that the food service company's preparation was so unsanitary as to pose both an immediate risk to the inmate's health, and that the food...