WALLACE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 04-3949.

440 F.3d 421 (2006)

Andre WALLACE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Kristen Kato and Eugene Roy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth N. Flaxman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jane E. Notz (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

From the age of fifteen until twenty-three, Andre Wallace was serving time in prison for his alleged participation in a murder. After several appeals, the Illinois Appellate Court found that the police had arrested him without probable cause and that his confession was not sufficiently attenuated from his unlawful arrest. At that point, the prosecution decided to leave well enough alone, and Wallace was released. Only then did Wallace commence...

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