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WOLFE v. SCHAEFER

No. 10-1016.

619 F.3d 782 (2010)

Mervin Lee WOLFE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Barry SCHAEFER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 31, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick E. Roth , Attorney (argued), Roth Law Firm, Naperville, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Brian T. Kreisler , Attorney (argued), Becker, Paulson, Hoerner & Thompson, Belleville, IL, Susan Frederick Rhodes , Attorney (argued), Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, Chicago, IL, Charles R. Schmadeke , Attorney, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Springfield, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Mervin Wolfe, is a lawyer who in 2008 ran for State's Attorney of Cumberland County, Illinois, and lost. He brought this suit in federal district court against his opponent, Barry Schaefer (the incumbent State's Attorney), and others, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The suit charges that they violated the Fourth Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by publicly disclosing that Wolfe was under investigation...

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