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WOODS v. CITY OF MICHIGAN CITY, IND.

No. 90-1582.

940 F.2d 275 (1991)

Jon M. WOODS and Connie Blakley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA, Michael M. Bigda, Officer Hudson, Four Other Unknown Officers, individually and County of LaPorte, Indiana, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugo E. Martz (argued), Valparaiso, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles E. Hervas (argued), James G. Sotos, James R. Schirott, Michael W. Condon, Phillip A. Luetkehans, Betty J. Gloss, Schirott & Associates, Itasca, Ill., Steven C. Snyder, Michigan City, Ind., Shaw R. Friedman, Bokland, Yandt & Friedman, and Martin W. Kus, Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LaPorte, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, MANION, Circuit Judge, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Jon M. Woods brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City, the County, and various police officers claiming unlawful detention after his arrest for reckless driving. Before releasing Woods the City police required him to post bond in accordance with a bond schedule issued by a state Superior Court judge. State law, however, explicitly eliminated the requirement that bond be posted for release in reckless driving offenses...

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