GADDIS v. DEMATTEI

No. 20-2424.

30 F.4th 625 (2022)

Donald D. GADDIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bryan J. DEMATTEI, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell Dunham , Attorney, Darrell Dunham & Associates, Carbondale, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jerome McDonald , Attorney, Black, Hedin, Ballard, McDonald, P.C., Mt. Vernon, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Bryan J. DeMattei, City of Marion, Illinois, Dawn Tondini.

Jonathan R. Cantrell , Attorney, Hart Cantrell LLC, Benton, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Dorothy McCombs.

Before Kanne, Rovner, and Wood, Circuit Judges.


Good fences may make good neighbors, but apparently in this case, a tree had no such beneficial effect. Donald Gaddis was arrested for disorderly conduct in Marion, Illinois, following an altercation with his neighbors over some tree branches. Afterward he filed this civil rights...

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