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FELTON v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 14-3211.

827 F.3d 632 (2016)

Joseph FELTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 28, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Joon Oh , Attorney, Winston & Strawn LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen G. Collins , Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Charles Michael Woodworth , Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before POSNER, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Joseph Felton sued the City of Chicago and its police superintendent, alleging that police officers used excessive force in arresting him. The district judge consulted newspaper accounts of the arrest and then, without requiring an answer from the defendants, dismissed the suit as frivolous. But the suit was not frivolous...

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