ESTATE OF PERRY v. WENZEL

Nos. 16-2353 and 16-3130.

872 F.3d 439 (2017)

ESTATE OF James Franklin PERRY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Cheryl WENZEL, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Lang , Attorney, JUDGE, LANG & KATERS, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI, Robert Edward Barnes , Attorney, BARNES LAW, Los Angeles, CA, Nathaniel Cade, Jr. , Attorney, CADE LAW LLC, Milwaukee, WI, James J. Gende, II , Attorney, GENDE LAW OFFICES, S.C., Pewaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants (Case No. 16-2353).

Andrew A. Jones , Attorney, HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees Cheryl Wenzel, Deputy Kickbush, Nicole Virgo, Tina Watts, Fatrena Hale, Sergeant (Case No. 16-2353).

Susan E. Lappen , Attorney, MILWAUKEE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Richard Lopez.

David J. Lang , Attorney, JUDGE, LANG & KATERS, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI, Nathaniel Cade, Jr. , Attorney, CADE LAW LLC, Milwaukee, WI, James J. Gende, II , Attorney, GENDE LAW OFFICES, S.C., Pewaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants (Case No. 16-3130).

Charles H. Bohl , Andrew A. Jones , Attorneys, HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees Cheryl Wenzel, Deputy Kickbush, Nicole Virgo, Tina Watts (Case No. 16-3130).

Before Posner, Manion, and Williams, Circuit Judges.


James Franklin Perry died on the floor of the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility less than 24 hours after Milwaukee City police officers arrested him. Shortly after he was arrested, Perry suffered a seizure. The City transported him to the hospital where he received treatment. But, after he returned to the City jail...

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