COBBS v. SHEAHAN

No. 03 C 3841.

385 F.Supp.2d 731 (2005)

Gayler COBBS, Plaintiff, v. Michael F. SHEAHAN, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

June 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana L. Kurtz, Kurtz Law Offices, LLC, Lockport, IL, Christopher N. Mammel, Peter Lawrence Currie, Roy R. Brandys, Childress, Duffy, Goldblatt, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Michael John Leech, Steven M. Puiszis, Corinne Cantwell Heggie, E. Michael Kelly, Frank Joseph Marsico, Kristy Marie Kelly, Robert Thomas Shannon, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, Louis R. Hegeman, Jeffrey S. McCutchan, Paul Anthony Castiglione, Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Chicago, IL, Burton S. Odelson, Kevin Patrick Camden, Michael J. McGrath, Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., Evergreen Park, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Gayler Cobbs brought this action against defendants alleging that they unlawfully retaliated against her when she refused to support defendant Michael Sheahan's re-election campaign for Cook County Sheriff, in violation of her First Amendment rights and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968. Defendants seek to dismiss plaintiff...

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