DYKEMA v. SKOUMAL

No. 00-2787.

261 F.3d 701 (2001)

Matthew DYKEMA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael SKOUMAL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary A. Pohl (argued), Mary Ann Pohl & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

A. Benjamin Goldgar (argued), Office of Atty. General Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., DIANE P. WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This story grows out of an unsuccessful drug-related transaction in which the plaintiff, Matthew Dykema, a paid informant working with the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad ("MANS"), an interjurisdictional law enforcement group in the Joliet, Illinois area, was shot in the head and seriously wounded by Stephen Stepney in October 1997. Stepney claimed unsuccessfully at his criminal trial...

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