FOREMAN v. WADSWORTH

No. 15-3096.

844 F.3d 620 (2016)

Anthony S. FOREMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Lawrence C. Redmond, Respondent-Appellant, v. Brian WADSWORTH, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence C. Redmond , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ifeanyichukwu C. Mogbana , Kerry Franklin Partridge , Attorneys, City of Rockford, Law Department, Rockford, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Brian Wadsworth, Edward King, and Michael Garnhart.

Sara M. Hohe , Attorney, Office of the State's Attorney of Winnebago County, Rockford, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Winnebago County, Illinois and Matthew R. Leisten.

Before Posner, Sykes, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Anthony Foreman, who used to own a restaurant in Rockford, Illinois, brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Illinois tort law. He alleged that a state prosecutor and four Rockford police officers conspired to push him out of business by bringing false criminal charges against him. Foreman argued — contrary...

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