TUCKER v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 10-2835, 10-3264.

682 F.3d 654 (2012)

Kendall TUCKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Karl WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, and Fulton County, Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Steagall (argued), Attorney, Nicoara & Steagall, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Richard S. Huszagh (argued), Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Terence J. Corrigan , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Springfield, IL, for Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Elisha S. Rosenblum , Attorney, O'Halloran, Kosoff, Geitner & Cook, LLC, Northbrook, IL, Brad A. Elward (argued), Attorney, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER and TINDER, Circuit Judges, and MAGNUS-STINSON, District Judge.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

After investigating a report that Kendall Tucker was in possession of a stolen backhoe, Karl Williams, a state law enforcement investigator, seized the backhoe without a warrant. Tucker brought a civil rights action in district court, claiming that his rights under the Fourth Amendment and Due Process Clause were violated. The district court disagreed and dismissed Tucker's claims on summary judgment. We affirm.

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