HERZOG v. VILLAGE OF WINNETKA, ILL.

No. 02-1991.

309 F.3d 1041 (2002)

Maris HERZOG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, and Winnetka Police Officers Powell and Colleran, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth N. Flaxman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Russell W. Hartigan, Chicago, IL, Yvonne Kato (argued), Hartigan & Cuisinier, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Village of Winnetka, a suburb of Chicago, and two of its police officers, charging false arrest, and the employment of excessive force in the course and aftermath of the arrest, in violation of the Fourth Amendment (made applicable to state action by the Fourteenth Amendment). Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 394, 109 S.Ct. 1865, 104 L.Ed...

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