UNITED STATES EX REL. VILLA v. FAIRMAN

No. 86-1758.

810 F.2d 715 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Donald C. VILLA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.W. FAIRMAN and Neil F. Hartigan, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Cohen, Frederick F. Cohen, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Kenneth A. Fedinets, Office of Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 9, 1987.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

While trying to make his getaway from an armed robbery, Donald Villa ran into officer Louis Jogmen of the Tinley Park, Illinois, police. Villa disarmed and handcuffed Jogmen and held two guns on him — Villa's and Jogmen's own. Villa shot Jogmen; officer Allen Bechtel shot Villa. Jogmen is disabled by a serious brain injury, despite nine operations. Villa became a quadriplegic...

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