LOPEZ v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 05-1877.

464 F.3d 711 (2006)

Joseph LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Jennifer Delucia, James Delafont, Daniel Jacobs, and Hector Vergara, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

DECIDED September 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Kanovitz (argued), Arthur Loevy, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Myriam Zreczny (argued), Suzanne M. Loose, Office of the Corporation Counsel Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Lopez was arrested by Chicago police for a murder he did not commit. The murder victim was a twelve-year-old boy, an innocent bystander hit by gunfire in a drive-by shooting. Lopez was arrested without a warrant, although with probable cause—an eyewitness identified him as the shooter.

Following his arrest, the individual defendants—all detectives with the Chicago Police...

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