FORD v. WILSON

No. 95-2662.

90 F.3d 245 (1996)

Roy E. FORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Curtis WILSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy E. Ford (submitted on briefs), Rockford, IL, pro se.

Joshua G. Vincent, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, Thomas H. Boswell, John A. Sandberg, John E. Prochaska, and Gregory T. Snyder, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Rockford, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

Roy Ford brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a police officer who had arrested him after a traffic stop. The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendant, noting that Ford had not submitted an affidavit or equivalent evidence in opposition to the defendant's affidavit. But he had. For he had verified his complaint, and the complaint contains factual allegations that if included in an affidavit or deposition would be considered...

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