MANUEL v. CITY OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS

No. 14-1581.

903 F.3d 667 (2018)

Elijah MANUEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley B. Eisenhammer , Attorney, HODGES, LOIZZI, EISENHAMMER, RODICK & KOHN LLP, Arlington Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Chad M. Clamage , Michael Anthony Scodro , Attorneys, MAYER BROWN LLP, Clifford Berlow , Attorney, JENNER & BLOCK LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Steven Edwards Art , Attorney, LOEVY & LOEVY, Chicago, IL, Amicus Curiae for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS.

Myriam Z. Kasper , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Amicus Curiae for CITY OF CHICAGO.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


Elijah Manuel was arrested and charged with possessing unlawful drugs. A judge decided that he would be held in jail pending trial. Forty-seven days later the prosecutor dismissed all charges after concluding that the pills Manuel had been carrying were legal. The next day he was released. Last year the Supreme Court...

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