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JONES v. WATSON

No. 96-1938.

106 F.3d 774 (1997)

Virgil JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronald WATSON, J. Volland, and W. Stec, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Ambrose, Thomas M. Cushing (argued), Marilyn J. Martin, Ambrose & Cushing, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna R. Solomon, Timothy W. Joranko (argued), Susan S. Sher, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

On August 28, 1992, and again on August 31, 1992, Chicago Alderman Virgil Jones was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct while protesting at a Chicago Transit Authority ("CTA") construction site. Jones filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging, among other things, that the Chicago Police officers involved in his arrest (defendants Chicago Police Commander Ronald Watson and Police Officers James Volland and William Stec...

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