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HARRIS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 00-2172.

266 F.3d 750 (2001)

Thomas E. HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO and Alex D. Ramos, Officer, individually, and as a police officer for the City of Chicago, Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Odom (argued), Chicago, IL, for Thomas E. Harris.

Meera Werth (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, App. Div., Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago.

Sheldon Nagelberg, Chicago, IL, for Alex D. Ramos.

Before: POSNER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

During discovery in this civil case, defendant-appellee Alex Ramos refused to respond to a number of discovery requests, instead invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. At trial, however, Ramos answered all questions posed to him on direct and cross-examination, and all evidence of his prior silence was excluded. After a jury verdict for the defendants, plaintiff-appellant...

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