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HILL v. COPPLESON

No. 09-1878.

627 F.3d 601 (2010)

Harold HILL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cordelia COPPLESON, personal representative of Michael Rogers, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell R. Ainsworth (argued), Attorney, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas Cargie , Paul A. Castiglione (argued), Attorneys, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before RIPPLE, WILLIAMS and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Over a decade after being convicted of sexual assault and homicide, Harold Hill was exonerated by DNA evidence. Hill filed suit against the City of Chicago, a number of its police officers, and Michael Rogers, an assistant state's attorney, alleging various constitutional violations, including a claim that several detectives and Rogers had coerced him to falsely confess to the crimes in violation of the Fifth Amendment. Rogers filed a motion...

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