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SIMMONS v. GILLESPIE

No. 12-3381.

712 F.3d 1041 (2013)

Gregory SIMMONS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Timothy GILLESPIE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 19, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shane M. Voyles , Policemen's Benevolent Labor Committee, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael P. Murphy , Heplerbroom, LLC, Springfield, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners for Pekin, Illinois, determined that Gregory Simmons, an officer of the city's police department, had disobeyed an order. It suspended him without pay for 20 days. A state court affirmed the board's decision, but a court of appeals reversed after concluding that the chief of police lacked authority to issue the order in question. Simmons v. Pekin Police and Fire Commission, No. 3-08-0944 ...

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