HOLMES v. VILLAGE OF HOFFMAN ESTATE

No. 06-2759.

511 F.3d 673 (2007)

Darius HOLMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF HOFFMAN ESTATES and Officer Matthew Teipel, Star No. 279, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Fox (argued), Fox & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael W. Condon (argued), Hervas, Condon & Bersani, Itasca, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

After a jury acquitted plaintiff Darius Holmes of charges that he committed a battery upon police officers Martin Piatek and Matthew Teipel and resisted Teipel's efforts to arrest him, Holmes filed suit against the officers and their municipal employers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming false arrest and the use of excessive force, in violation of his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, and malicious prosecution in violation...

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