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TYLER v. WITKOWSKI

No. 74-1121.

511 F.2d 449 (1975)

Maurice TYLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph WITKOWSKI, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Thomas and Thomas Hecht, Law Student, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Atty. and Fredric B. Weinstein, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and TONE, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This action was brought under the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) against a former Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County1 complaining that plaintiff was falsely imprisoned from May 4, 1971, until May 18, 1971. He sought compensatory damages of $5,000 and punitive damages of $10,000.

On April 15, 1971, plaintiff, Allen Reed and James Davis were arrested in the Southway Hotel and charged with the armed robbery...

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