LETT v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 19-1463.

946 F.3d 398 (2020)

Kelvin LETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cass T. Casper , Attorney, Talon Law, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark J. Bereyso , Suzanne M. Loose , Attorneys, City of Chicago Law Department, Myriam Z. Kasper , Attorney, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellees City of Chicago, Civilian Office of Police Accountability, and Independent Police Review Authority.

Lisa Noller , Attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Sharon Fairley.

Robert A. Seltzer , Attorney, Cornfield & Feldman, Chicago, IL, for Defendant AFSCME Local 654.

Before Manion, Kanne, and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


Kelvin Lett was an investigator in the Chicago municipal office that reviews allegations of police misconduct. In that role, Lett helped prepare an investigative report about a police shooting. Lett's supervisor directed him to write in the report that police officers had planted a gun on the victim of the shooting, but Lett...

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