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ESTATE OF SIMS EX REL. SIMS v. COUNTY OF BUREAU

No. 01-2884.

506 F.3d 509 (2007)

ESTATE OF Thetis M. SIMS, by and through its personal representative, Melissa K. SIMS, William C. Sims, surviving spouse and next of kin, and Melissa K. Sims, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF BUREAU, as a necessary party in interest, Greg Johnson, John E. Thompson, in his official capacity as Sheriff of the County of Bureau and Bureau County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 19, 2007.

Rehearing Denied November 15, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Steagall (argued), Nicoara & Steagall, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

George J. Casson, Jr. (argued), Clifford G. Kosoff, O'Halloran, Kosoff, Geitner & Cook, Northbrook, IL, William W. Kurnik (argued), Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Denied November 15, 2007.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

In 1999 Thetis M. Sims suffered a fatal heart attack in her home in Tiskilwa, Illinois. The only person present at the time was Bureau County Sheriff Greg Johnson, whose alleged campaign fraud was the subject of a story Ms. Sims was investigating for the local newspaper. Her estate, her husband, and her daughter brought a federal civil rights suit against Johnson in his individual and official...

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