BIELANSKI v. COUNTY OF KANE

No. 07-1928.

550 F.3d 632 (2008)

Lorri BIELANSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF KANE, Illinois, Kane County Child Advocacy, Center, Kane County Child, Advocacy Advisory Board, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon B. Nagelberg (argued), St. Charles, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joseph F. Lulves, Elizabeth K. Flood (argued), Office of the State's Attorney of Kane County, Geneva, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Sunil Bhave (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee, Kathryn Byrne.

Before POSNER, KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Lorri Bielanski, at the age of fifteen, was falsely accused of sexually abusing a six-year-old neighbor. Eventually acquitted of all charges, she sued a number of public officials and entities for violating her constitutional rights during the investigation and prosecution of the alleged crime. The district court dismissed her complaint in its entirety. We affirm.

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On review of this dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure...

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