Rep. John Cabello, R-Machesney Park, has filed a lawsuit against Gov. JB Pritzker, challenging the governor’s executive order for businesses to closer and residents to shelter at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cabello says he has not requested a temporary restraining order against the order, a move he says shows this isn’t political and an attempt to come to a solution to open Illinois’ economy.
Cabello says he would consider filing the temporary restraining order, however.
A Republican colleague in the House of Representatives filed a similar lawsuit last week. Rep. Darren Bailey of Xenia filed the lawsuit and a temporary restraining order, which a judge granted. However, the wording in this lawsuit made it so it only applied to Bailey, not other residents.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office filed a notice of appeal Monday, and a spokeswoman for his office said it expects to file a brief with the appellate court Wednesday.
Cabello says his lawsuit is worded to apply to all Illinois residents.
