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HOBLEY v. BURGE

No. 05-1367.

433 F.3d 946 (2006)

Madison HOBLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jon BURGE, Robert Dwyer, City of Chicago, et al., Defendants. Appeal of: Jones Day.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 9, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Loevy (argued), Kurt Feuer, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James G. Sotos, Hervas, Sotos, Condon & Bersani, Itasca, IL, Mara S. Georges, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

Paul W. Schroeder (argued), Jones Day, Chicago, IL, for Jones Day.

Before COFFEY, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal stems from a suit by Madison Hobley against the City of Chicago, former Chicago Police Lt. Jon Burge, and other individual defendants. Hobley served 16 years on death row before he was pardoned in 2003. In his § 1983 suit he alleges that Burge and several subordinates tortured and framed him for an arson crime he did not commit. Burge was fired from the police force in 1993 for allegedly torturing a confession from...

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