ALSTON v. CITY OF MADISON

No. 16-1034.

853 F.3d 901 (2017)

Eric T. ALSTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MADISON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 10, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Bentz , Attorney, Washington, DC, Nicole C. Henning , Attorney, Chicago, IL, Jones Day, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kathryn A. Harrell , Attorney, Catherine M. Rottier , Attorney, Boardman & Clark, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees City of Madison, Noble Wray, Madison Police Chief, Tom Woodmansee, Lieutenant, Cory Nelson, Lieutenant.

Steven C. Kilpatrick , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Brian Reynolds, Probation Officer.

Before Flaum, Manion, and Kanne, Circuit Judges.


The Madison Police Department established a focused deterrence program to increase surveillance of repeat violent offenders in Madison. Eric Alston was one of ten repeat violent offenders originally selected for the program.

Alston brought this § 1983 suit against the City of Madison, then Chief of Police Noble...

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