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FRAZELL v. FLANIGAN

No. 94-3517.

102 F.3d 877 (1996)

Paul H. FRAZELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. E.K. FLANIGAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan O'Neal Johnson, Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick, Peoria, IL, James P. Kellstedt, argued, Peoria Heights, IL, John P. Edmonds (argued), Chillicothe, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James E. Ryan, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, David Bo Mattson, Nuviah Shirazi, Deborah L. Barnes, Office of the Attorney General, Springfield, IL, Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Paul H. Frazell brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Illinois State Trooper E.K. Flanigan violated his Fourth Amendment rights in the course of a traffic stop and arrest on June 4, 1986. Frazell maintained that Flanigan used excessive force during the arrest and also failed to prevent other officers on the scene from using similar force against him. Frazell's claims were tried to a jury, which found in...

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