FRIERI v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 00 C 5134.

127 F.Supp.2d 992 (2001)

Sandy FRIERI, in her own proper person and as mother and next best friend of her minor child, Tony Frieri, a minor and Katie Jacox, as mother and next best friend of her minor child, Shamir Murrell, a minor, Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, an Illinois municipal corporation and a body politic, and Michael Poppish, Peter Soraghan, George Letten and Luis Ortoneda, individually and in their official capacities as employees of the City of Chicago, Defendants.

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

January 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. DeRose, John P. DeRose & Assoc., Hinsdale, IL, for Tony Frieri, Shamir Murrell.

Penelope Moutoussamy George, J. Ernest Mincy, III, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Mara Stacy Georges, Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, Dept. of Law, Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago.

Joseph M. Polick, Liza Marie Franklin, City of Chicago, Dept. of Law, Chicago, IL, Michael Thomas Donovan, Chicago, IL, for Michael Poppish, Peter Soraghan, George Letten, Louis Ortoneda.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

I.

On January 19, 2000, Tony Frieri, age 15, and Shamir Murrell, age 16, were at the Frieri home at 4232 South Washtenaw in Chicago. Sandy Frieri ("Ms.Frieri"), Tony's mother, was upstairs sleeping. According to the complaint, four Chicago police officers (the "officer defendants") forced their way into the home by kicking down the...

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