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RUIZ-CORTEZ v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 18-1078.

931 F.3d 592 (2019)

Refugio RUIZ-CORTEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 2019.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 16, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher R. Smith , Attorney, CHRISTOPHER SMITH TRIAL GROUP, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ellen W. McLaughlin , Attorney, CITY OF CHICAGO LAW DEPARTMENT, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Hamilton, Barrett, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.

Glenn Lewellen, a dirty cop with the Chicago Police Department (CPD), arrested Refugio Ruiz-Cortez for possessing cocaine. Lewellen served as the key witness at the trial, where Ruiz-Cortez was convicted. Ruiz-Cortez then spent a decade in prison before the federal government discovered Lewellen's crimes, which included drug...

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