KIJONKA v. SEITZINGER

No. 03-3158.

363 F.3d 645 (2004)

Henry S. KIJONKA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael SEITZINGER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roscoe D. Cunningham, James M. Neal (argued), Cunningham & Neal, Lawrenceville, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joseph A. Bleyer (argued), Bleyer & Bleyer, Marion, IL, James C. Cook (argued), Walker & Williams, Belleville, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Henry Kijonka brought suit for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming to have been arrested without probable cause and thus in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. The defendants are the arresting officer — a policeman in Lawrenceville, Illinois named Michael Seitzinger — and the county prosecutor, Todd Rietz. The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendants on the ground of qualified immunity and relinquished...

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