GOMEZ v. CITY OF WEST CHICAGO, ILL.

No. 80 C 2685.

506 F.Supp. 1241 (1981)

Algimiro GOMEZ; Luis Arquer; Moises Rodriguez, Sr.; Moises Rodriguez, Jr., by His Parent and Next Friend, Moises Rodriguez, Sr.; Juan Velasquez; Alberto Espino, By His Parent and Next Friend, Elias Espino, Sr.; and Jesus Dominguez, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; Eugene Rennels, Individually and in His Official Capacity As Mayor of West Chicago, Illinois; John Bullaro, Individually and In His Official Capacity As Chief of Police of West Chicago, Illinois; Joseph Iniguez and One Or More Unknown Police Officers, Individually and in Their Official Capacities As Police Officers of West Chicago, Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

January 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan M. Soliz, Kalman D. Resnick, Legal Services Center for Immigrants, Bruce Goldsmith, F. Thomas Hecht, Illinois Migrant Legal Assistance, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John B. Murphey, Ancel, Glink, Diamond & Murphy, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

Plaintiffs are United States citizens and lawful permanent resident aliens of Hispanic descent or Spanish surname who allegedly have been or are threatened to be involuntarily detained and interrogated without probable cause by police officers of the Police Department of West Chicago, Illinois. It is alleged that this treatment has been directed against plaintiffs...

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