COLBERT v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 16-1362

851 F.3d 649 (2017)

Christopher COLBERT and Jai Crutcher, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth N. Flaxman, Joel A. Flaxman, Attorneys, Law Office of Kenneth N. Flaxman P.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Justin A. Houppert, Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago and Russell Willingham.

Frank Henry Bieszczat, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Jack Tweedle, Darryl Johnson, and Louis Hopkins.

Before Bauer, Flaum, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs-appellants Christopher Colbert and Jai Crutcher were arrested after a search of their apartment, in which police officers and parole agents found an unregistered firearm and ammunition. After Colbert's and Crutcher's acquittals and dismissal of the gun-possession charges...

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