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BROKAW v. MERCER COUNTY

No. 98-1131.

235 F.3d 1000 (2000)

C.A. BROKAW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MERCER COUNTY, James Brokaw, Weir Brokaw, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Walker-Bright (argued), Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, IL, C.A. Brokaw, Peoria, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Baron Strum Heintz, Mercer County State's Attorney's Office, Aledo, IL, for Mercer County and James Brokaw.

Barbara B. Collins (argued), Springfield, IL, for Weir Brokaw.

John W. Robertson, Stoerzbach, Morrison, Robertson, Wilcox & Alcorn, Galesburg, IL, for Karen Weaver.

Diane M. Potts (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for State of Illinois.

Jerold S. Solovy, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

In July 1983, when he was six years old, C.A. Brokaw and his three-year-old sister were forcibly removed from their parents' home in Mercer County, Illinois. After he turned eighteen, C.A. filed suit against his grandfather and aunt, who he contends conspired with his uncle, a Deputy Sheriff of Mercer County, to violate his constitutional rights. C.A. also sued the social worker and other officers involved in removing him from his home, along...

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