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ALEXANDER v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND

No. 04-2535.

433 F.3d 550 (2006)

Richard L. ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, South Bend Police Department, Darrell Gunn, individually and as Chief of the South Bend Police Department, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roseann Ivanovich (argued), Merriville, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John E. Broden (argued), South Bend, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Wrongly convicted of attempted rape and several other crimes, Richard Lee Alexander ("Alexander") was sentenced to seventy years in prison but released after five when newly discovered DNA evidence exonerated him. Shortly after his release, Alexander sued the City of South Bend, Indiana, its police department, its police chief, and several officers. Alexander alleged that South Bend and its officers violated his constitutional rights by conducting...

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