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CATLIN v. CITY OF WHEATON

No. 07-3903.

574 F.3d 361 (2009)

Jonathan A. CATLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WHEATON, a municipal corporation of the State of Illinois, Bill Cooley, Andrew Uhlir, Edward Fanning, Matthew Hale & Mark Field, employees and agents of the City of Wheaton, Defendants-Appellees, and County of Dupage, a political subdivision of the State of Illinois, John Zaruba, Sheriff of DuPage County, Illinois, Dupage County Major Crimes Task Force, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 21, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter P. Maksym, Jr. (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James H. Knippen, II (argued), Walsh, Knippen, Knight & Pollock, Wheaton, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Jonathan Catlin was arrested and briefly detained when members of the Wheaton Police Department mistook him for the ringleader of a local drug operation. Catlin subsequently sued for false arrest and excessive force. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on the basis of qualified immunity. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 20, 2003, the DuPage County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit conducted a major operation...

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