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WILLIAMS v. LIBERTY

No. 71-1536.

461 F.2d 325 (1972)

Wayne WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gerald LIBERTY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne C. Williams, pro se.

Richard L. Curry, Edmund Hatfield, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees; William R. Quinlan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, of counsel.

Before KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and KILEY and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil rights action1 seeking damages against named and unnamed Chicago police officers growing out of the arrest and detention of plaintiff. The district court granted summary judgment for defendants. We reverse and remand.

The complaint alleges 1) that on December 12, 1969 defendant police officers arrested and handcuffed plaintiff, violently beat him about the face and body, and dragged him from...

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