HATCHER v. CONSOLIDATED CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

Nos. 01-3550, 01-3676.

323 F.3d 513 (2003)

Lee A. HATCHER, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. CONSOLIDATED CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS and Steven Staal, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Dennis Wegner (argued), Wegner & Associates, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Anthony W. Overholt (argued), Office of Corp. Counsel, City Counsel Legal Div., Indianapolis, IN, John F. Kautzman, Ruckelshaus, Roland, Hasbrook & O'Connor, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Lee Hatcher filed a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Indianapolis and several individually named defendants (collectively the City) challenging his seizure and a search of his dwelling and seeking $1 million in damages. After a trial, the jury awarded him $18,908.50. Hatcher appealed to this court, and the case settled for $100,000 plus attorneys' fees while the appeal was pending. The district court then...

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