WHITE v. OLIG

No. 94-3840.

56 F.3d 817 (1995)

Willie D. WHITE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rick OLIG, James M. Gilmore, and Fond du Lac County, a municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Bornstein, Milwaukee, WI (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas P. Stilp, Stilp, Cotton & Wells, Milwaukee, WI (argued), for defendants-appellees.

Before MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and WILL, District Judge.


WILL, District Judge.

Plaintiff was mistakenly arrested and detained in jail for three days pursuant to a civil body attachment order issued against a different individual with the same name. Subsequent to his release he brought suit against the arresting officer and the county sheriff under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his Fourth Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants and plaintiff now appeals. For the...

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