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U.S. v. CHRISTIAN

No. 02-2528.

342 F.3d 744 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Desmond CHRISTIAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deirdre A. Durborow (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Renee E. Schooley, Lawrence J. Fleming (Argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, East St. Louis, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUDAHY, MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Desmond Christian was a police officer who attacked a suspect after the man hurled a hateful racial epithet at him. Two of Christian's fellow officers held the suspect while Christian punched him and kneed him in the face. The other officers eventually pled guilty to misdemeanor charges of deprivation of rights under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242. Christian was charged with a felony under that same section and...

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