NETTLES-BEY v. WILLIAMS

No. 15-2704.

819 F.3d 959 (2016)

Julian T. NETTLES-BEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Philip WILLIAMS and Broderick Burke, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Daniel Harris , Barry Horwitz , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Dominick L. Lanzito , Jennifer L. Turiello , Peterson, Johnson & Murray-Chicago LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


Adherents to the Moorish Science Temple change their surnames to include "-Bey" or "-El". Julian Nettles-Bey was born with that surname and does not hold Moorish beliefs. He contends in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that two police officers in South Holland, Illinois, assumed from his name that he is a Moor and...

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