Armato v. Grounds

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendants-prison officials’ motion for summary judgment in plaintiff-prisoner’s section 1983 action alleging that defendants falsely imprisoned plaintiff beyond his applicable release date. Record showed that Assistant Public Defender prepared agreed order that was signed by sentencing judge that expressly stated that plaintiff would be released without term of mandatory supervised release on May 28, 2010, and plaintiff was released on May 21, 2010. Fact that sentencing judge had entered on same date as agreed order two other orders indicating that release date was earlier than May 28, 2010 did not require different result. Moreover, even without agreed order, plaintiff did not establish any 8th Amendment claim, where defendants were delaying plaintiff’s release based on reasonable belief under Illinois statute that sentencing judge could not impose sentence without also imposing term of mandatory supervised release.