ROACH v. CITY OF EVANSVILLE

No. 96-2207.

111 F.3d 544 (1997)

Harris ROACH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF EVANSVILLE, Evansville Police Department By Art Gann, in his official capacity, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Stern, Indianapolis, IN (argued), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David L. Jones (argued), Jones & Wallace, Evansville, IN, for City of Evansville, Evansville Police Department, Art Gann.

Lawrence L. Grimes, J. Edward Wicht, Bowers, Harrison, Kent & Miller, Evansville, IN, for Richard R. Whitlow.

Before CUMMINGS, EASTERBROOK and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Harris Roach sued the City of Evansville, Indiana, the Evansville Police Department, and former Evansville police officer Richard Whitlow for alleged violations of his civil rights. His complaint arises from Whitlow's attempt to extort $100,000 from him in exchange for "losing evidence" in a drug case pending against Roach's1 son, Toshio. Since the time of...

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