BRADLEY v. VILLAGE OF UNIVERSITY PARK, ILLINOIS

No. 16-3456.

929 F.3d 875 (2019)

Eddie R. BRADLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF UNIVERSITY PARK, ILLINOIS, an Illinois Home Rule municipality, and Vivian Covington, Mayor, in her individual and official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Keleher , Attorney, KELEHER APPELLATE LAW GROUP, Chicago, IL, John Thomas Moran, Jr. , Attorney, MORAN LAW GROUP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jennifer L. Turiello , Attorney, Patrick S. Wall , PETERSON, JOHNSON & MURRAY-CHICAGO LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Manion, Rovner and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


In 2015, the Village of University Park's mayor and board fired police chief Eddie Ray Bradley without any notice of good cause or any form of hearing—i.e., the procedural protections owed to Bradley under the United States Constitution. Bradley sued the village and mayor in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983...

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