Lippert v. Hughes

A class of prisoners in state prison sued the department’s director, its director of health services, and the governor in their official capacities for providing inadequate medical and dental care in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The class was certified and the parties settled the case with an agreed entry of a consent decree and, after additional litigation, the district court approved an implementation plan. The Seventh Circuit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction defendant’s appeal of a district court order denying a motion to strike a stipulation from the consent decree and an order granting plaintiffs’ motion to extend the consent decreed, affirmed the district court’s order denying in part and granting in part IDOC’s motion to excise the plan from the consent decree and affirmed the district court’s order denying IDOC’s motion to terminate the implementation plan. (EASTERBROOK and MALDONADO, concurring)