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QIAN v. KAUTZ

No. 97-3295.

168 F.3d 949 (1999)

Xing QIAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James R. KAUTZ, as the Chief of Police of the Long Beach Police Department, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 16, 1999.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied March 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Pfeifer, Jeffrey J. Stesiak (argued), Jon A. Criss, Sweeney, Pfeifer & Blackburn, South Bend, IN, for Xing Qian.

Jeffrey L. Thorne, Sweeney, Dabagia, Donoghue, Thorne, Janes & Pagos, Michigan City, IN; William W. Kurnik (argued), Kurnik, Cipolla & Barasha, Arlington Heights, IL, for James R. Kautz, Long Beach Police Dept., Town of Long Beach, Todd A. Bullis, and other unknown Defendant Police Officers.

Martin W. Kus (argued), Newby, Lewis, Kaminiski & Jones, LaPorte, IN, for Bob Blair.

Before FLAUM, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied March 16, 1999.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

When the events leading to this lawsuit began to unfold, ambiguous behavior combined with a severe language barrier led to the arrest of Xing Qian. At a critical point, however, the police concluded that Qian (whose lawyer identifies this as his surname) could be released. Because he did not want to pay for a hotel room, they then re-arrested him, consigned...

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