LEWIS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 17-1510.

914 F.3d 472 (2019)

Maurice LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel A. Flaxman , Attorney, Kenneth N. Flaxman , Attorney, Law Office of Kenneth N. Flaxman P.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Julian Nunes Henriques, Jr. , Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Ripple, Sykes, and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


Maurice Lewis spent more than two years in pretrial detention in the Cook County Jail based on police reports falsely implicating him for unlawfully possessing a firearm. After the charges against him were dropped, Lewis sued the City of Chicago and six police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking damages for violation...

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