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HERNANDEZ v. JOLIET POLICE DEPT.

No. 98-3558.

197 F.3d 256 (1999)

Renaldo HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, and David A. Cerda, Appellant, v. JOLIET POLICE DEPARTMENT, Francis Ruettiger, Tom Stein, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Cerda (argued), Cerda & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant and Pro Se.

Thomas A. Thanas, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Joliet, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Joliet Police Department.

Kelly A. Kirwin (argued), Thomas A. Thanas, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Joliet, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Francis Ruettiger, Tom Stein.

James G. Sotos, Jason Rose (argued), Hervas, Sotos & Condon, Itasca, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Douglas DeBoer, Illinois State's Attorney's Office of Will County.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

On October 27, 1997, plaintiff-appellant Renaldo Hernandez ("Hernandez") filed this action in federal court against the Joliet, Illinois Police Department and two of its officers, Francis Ruettiger and Thomas Stein, and against the Illinois State's Attorney's Office of Will County and the First Assistant State's Attorney, Douglas DeBoer, alleging a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as supplemental claims under Illinois law for libel...

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