VENSON v. ALTAMIRANO

No. 12-1015.

749 F.3d 641 (2014)

Jeremy VENSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lazaro ALTAMIRANO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irene K. Dymkar , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Justin A. Houppert , Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ROVNER, WILLIAMS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Chicago police officers arrested Jeremy Venson in 2007 for possession of a controlled substance and solicitation of an unlawful act, and he spent 19 days in jail. After a preliminary hearing resulted in the dismissal of the charges for want of probable cause, Venson sued the three officers involved in his arrest — Lazaro Altamirano, Christopher Jania, and John O'Keefe — for false arrest, illegal search, and malicious prosecution...

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