WILLIAMSON v. CURRAN

No. 09-3985.

714 F.3d 432 (2013)

Lisa WILLIAMSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mark C. CURRAN, Jr., Sheriff of Lake County, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman J. Marino (argued), Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Daniel L. Jasica (argued), Attorney, Office of the State's Attorney of Lake County, Waukegan, IL, John W. Quinn , Attorney, Churchill, Quinn, Richtman & Hamilton, Grayslake, IL, George B. Collins , Maraika F. Collins , Attorneys, Collins, Bargione & Vuckovich, Chicago, IL, Karen Kies DeGrand , Attorney, Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, ROVNER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Lisa Williamson was arrested along with her husband Lance on a charge that they had stolen someone else's horse. After being acquitted on the charge, Williamson filed suit against two Lake County, Illinois sheriff's deputies pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that they arrested her without probable cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment and deprived her of her Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection by arresting her based...

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