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SMITH v. CITY OF JOLIET

No. 89 C 6246.

809 F.Supp. 48 (1991)

August SMITH, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF JOLIET, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant.

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

February 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald X. Murphy, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

Thomas A. Thanas, Jeffrey Scott Plyman, Patricia W. Supergan, City of Joliet — Corp. Counsel, Joliet, IL, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NORDBERG, District Judge.

August Smith brought this Section 1983 action against the City of Joliet for damages arising from an incident on February 21, 1986. On that day, according to Smith, two Joliet police officers detained him with unnecessary and excessive force, causing mental and physical injury. Smith has forgone suit against the officers themselves, instead suing the City for "engag[ing] in a pattern of knowing and deliberate...

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