CARTER v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 13-2187.

743 F.3d 540 (2014)

Montell CARTER, Michael Lopez, and Milwaukee Police Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE and Keith Eccher, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendan P. Matthews , Cermele & Associates, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jan A. Smokowicz , Milwaukee City Attorney's Office, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

While police officers were executing a search warrant in a Milwaukee apartment, the apartment's resident accused the police of taking around $1750 of his cash. The commanding officer then ordered all officers to remain on the scene while they awaited further direction. This order did not come at a good time for Officer Montell Carter, who had taken a colon cleansing product outside the apartment and now needed to use the restroom, badly. Not...

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