SWANK v. SMART

No. 89-1360.

898 F.2d 1247 (1990)

Gary D. SWANK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James SMART, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1990.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Bisbee, Macomb, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mary W. McDade, Murvel Pretorius, Jr., Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, Stephen D. Gay, Husch, Eppenberger, Donohue, Cornfeld & Jenkins, Peoria, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

A policeman brought this civil rights suit against a small town in western Illinois that fired him for conduct unbecoming an officer, and against the officials actually responsible for the firing. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district judge granted summary judgment on his own initiative and dismissed the case.

Tina Millin was a 17-year-old student at the Robert Morris College in Carthage. Gary Swank was a member of the town's three-man...

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