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CLEAVES v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 98 C 1219.

68 F.Supp.2d 963 (1999)

Byron CLEAVES, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

As Amended on Reconsideration October 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Thrush Synek, Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL, for Byron Erick Cleaves.

Byron Erick Cleaves, Chicago, IL, pro se.

Brian L. Crowe, Shefsky, Froelich & Devine, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Patrick J. Rocks, Jr., Jay Michael Kertez, George Ronald Thomson, Mara Stacy Georges, City of Chicago, Law Department, Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, James Lawrence Schwartz, Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago Police Department, defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Byron Cleaves, an African-American man, was fired from his probationary position as a Chicago Police Officer in October 1997 when he called in sick because of the death of his fiancé's stepfather. Mr. Cleaves applied for Illinois unemployment benefits in May 1998, but was denied these on the grounds that his termination was for cause. After exhausting his administrative appeals with respect...

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