MANICKI v. ZEILMANN

No. 05-1649.

443 F.3d 922 (2006)

Mark MANICKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Brian ZEILMANN and City of Ottawa, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelly B. Kulwin (argued), Jeffrey R. Kulwin, Kulwin & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William W. Kurnik (argued), Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Mark Manicki brought a federal civil rights suit (42 U.S.C. § 1983) that the district judge dismissed as barred by res judicata, precipitating this appeal. Manicki was in his one-year probationary period as a new police officer when he witnessed a fight between two other officers. In the ensuing criminal investigation he told investigators that one of the officers had started the fight. The police...

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