DOCKERY v. BLACKBURN

No. 17-1881.

911 F.3d 458 (2018)

Patrick Ryan DOCKERY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherrie BLACKBURN and Terry Higgins, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 19, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everett J. Cygal , Attorney, David Pi , Attorney, Robert B. Murphy , Attorney, Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael D. Bersani , Attorney, Glenn David Mathues , Attorney, Yordana Wysocki , Attorney, Hervas, Condon & Bersani, Itasca, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Easterbrook and Sykes, Circuit Judges, and Reagan, District Judge.


Patrick Dockery was arrested after a domestic dispute at his girlfriend's apartment in Joliet, Illinois. Sergeant Sherrie Blackburn and Officer Terry Higgins took him to the police station for booking on charges of trespass and criminal damage to property. He grew confrontational while...

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