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SORNBERGER v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE, ILL.

No. 04-3614.

434 F.3d 1006 (2006)

Scott SORNBERGER and Teresa Sornberger, individually and on behalf of their children, Claude Shinall and Kayla Bowden, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE, ILLINOIS, City of Galesburg, Rick Pesci, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Kanovitz (argued), Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James M. Kelly (argued), Peoria, IL, Elizabeth A. Knight (argued), Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, Heidi A. Benson, Flack, McRaven & Stephens, Macomb, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before, POSNER, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Scott Sornberger ("Scott") and his wife Teresa Sornberger ("Teresa")1 spent approximately four months in jail while awaiting trial for their suspected involvement in the January 12, 2000 robbery of the First Midwest Bank ("First Bank"). Eventually, a man admitting to be the true bank robber came forward, and the Sornbergers were released. They then brought this federal civil rights action, see 42 U.S.C. &...

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