context: Reilly is the Administrator of the EPA, working out of Washington, D.C. As Administrator, Reilly supervises the activities of each of the EPA regional offices, including that of Region V located in Chicago, Illinois. By reason of his ultimate authority over the actions taken out of Region V, Reilly should have reasonably foreseen being subjected to the jurisdiction of an Illinois court.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 656 F.2d 33, 41
citation_a.parenthetical: For purposes of laying venue, government defendants not personally present in Delaware are nonetheless "found" in Delaware "by reason of their ultimate responsibility for the services rendered there."
citation_a.sentence: See Green v. Carlson, 581 F.2d 669, 676 (7th Cir.1978) (In an action for inappropriate medical care, the court possessed personal jurisdiction over the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Assistant Surgeon General of the United States because the former bore responsibility for the management of the federal prison system and the later was re sponsible for monitoring the medical services within the prison.), aff'd, 446 U.S. 14, 100 S.Ct. 1468, 64 L.Ed.2d 15 (1980); cf. The Superior Oil Co. v. Andrus, 656 F.2d 33, 41 (3d Cir.1981) (For purposes of laying venue, government defendants not personally present in Delaware are nonetheless “found” in Delaware “by reason of their ultimate responsibility for the services rendered there.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 581 F.2d 669, 676
citation_b.parenthetical: In an action for inappropriate medical care, the court possessed personal jurisdiction over the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Assistant Surgeon General of the United States because the former bore responsibility for the management of the federal prison system and the later was re sponsible for monitoring the medical services within the prison.
citation_b.sentence: See Green v. Carlson, 581 F.2d 669, 676 (7th Cir.1978) (In an action for inappropriate medical care, the court possessed personal jurisdiction over the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Assistant Surgeon General of the United States because the former bore responsibility for the management of the federal prison system and the later was re sponsible for monitoring the medical services within the prison.), aff'd, 446 U.S. 14, 100 S.Ct. 1468, 64 L.Ed.2d 15 (1980); cf. The Superior Oil Co. v. Andrus, 656 F.2d 33, 41 (3d Cir.1981) (For purposes of laying venue, government defendants not personally present in Delaware are nonetheless “found” in Delaware “by reason of their ultimate responsibility for the services rendered there.”).