JOHNSON v. MYERS

No. 22-1015.

53 F.4th 1063 (2022)

Phynelopha A. JOHNSON, Administrator of the Estate of Phillip Osborne, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shawn MYERS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Benjamin Feldman Jacobson, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Easterbrook, Hamilton, and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


Phillip Edward Osborne alleged that Illinois State Police Officer Shawn Myers arrested him without probable cause and therefore violated his civil rights. He sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and his sister, Phynelopha Johnson, continued the lawsuit after he died.

Myers acted pursuant to an arrest warrant, so Johnson...

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