CASARES v. BERNAL

No. 08 CV 4198.

790 F.Supp.2d 769 (2011)

Daniel CASARES and Karina Casares, Plaintiffs, v. Officer BERNAL, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

May 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly D. Fahrbach , Dykema Gossett Rooks Pitts PLLC, Lisle, IL, Abbas Badruddin Merchant , Robert J. Semrad & Associates, John Nicolas Albukerk , Albukerk and Associates, Leah Elana Selinger , Baumann & Schuldiner, Dan Zoloth Dorfman , Blake Wolfe Horwitz , The Blake Horwitz Law Firm, Ltd., Uma D. Bansal , The Law Firm of Blake Horwitz, Ltd., Daniel Matthew Noland , Paul A. Michalik , Dykema Gossett PLLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Kimberly D. Fahrbach , Dykema Gossett Rooks Pitts PLLC, Lisle, IL, Terrence Michael Burns , Daniel Matthew Noland , Paul A. Michalik , Dykema Gossett PLLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

YOUNG B. KIM, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiffs Daniel and Karina Casares bring this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the seven defendant police officers violated their constitutional rights by using excessive force against them in the course of an arrest that took place on October 6, 2006. According to Plaintiffs, Defendants dragged Daniel—who has been a quadriplegic since 2002 and...

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