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BALL v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 92-3358.

2 F.3d 752 (1993)

Mark A. BALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO and Alfred S. Schultz, individually and as agent of the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1993.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 16, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte (argued), Joan M. Mannix, Michael J. Progar, Charles E. Webster, Marvin A. Brustin, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jean Dobrer, Asst. Corp. Counsel (argued), Kelly R. Welsh, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Benna R. Solomon, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 16, 1993.*

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Mark Ball brought suit against the City of Chicago and one of its police officers, claiming that the officer had violated his federal constitutional rights by using excessive force — namely by shooting him — while attempting to arrest him; Ball had recently been released from a mental institution, and was wielding a butcher knife when...

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