PASIEWICZ v. LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DIST.

No. 00-4270.

270 F.3d 520 (2001)

Edward J. PASIEWICZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT; Ray Henning, individually and in his official capacity as a Ranger/Police Officer for the Lake County Forest Preserve District; Knute Sandahl, individually and in his official capacity as a Ranger/Police Officer for the Lake County Forest Preserve District; Debra Phillips; and Michelle Peterson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Harrison (argued), Woodstock, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James G. Sotos, Dana M. Shannon (argued), Hervas, Sotos, Condon & Bersani, Itasca, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Two women, while out riding horses on a Sunday morning, spotted a naked man cavorting in the woods. Unfortunately for Edward Pasiewicz, he was subsequently arrested and charged with two misdemeanor counts of "public indecency" under Illinois law growing out of the incident. Fortunately for Pasiewicz, he was acquitted after a bench trial in state court on both counts. After his acquittal, Pasiewicz sued the officers who...

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