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TILLMAN v. BURGE

No. 10 C 4551.

813 F.Supp.2d 946 (2011)

Michael TILLMAN, Plaintiff, v. Jon BURGE, former Chicago Police Department Commander; Richard M. Daley, former Mayor and former State's Attorney; John Byrne, former CPD Sergeant; Peter Dignan, former CPD detective; Ronald Boffo, former CPD detective; Jack Hines, former CPD detective; George Patton, former CPD detective; Estate of John Yucaitis, former CPD detective; Timothy Frenzer, former Cook County ASA; LeRoy Martin, former CPD Superintendent; Terry Hillard, former CPD Superintendent; Gayle Shines, former OPS Director; Thomas Needham, former aide to the CPD Superintendent; City of Chicago; Cook County, Illinois; and Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Defendants.

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

Opinion Denying Reconsideration November 2, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Flint Taylor, Jr. , Benjamin H. Elson , Joey L. Mogul , Sarah Jeanette Gelsomino , People's Law Offices, Alexa Anne Van Brunt , Locke E. Bowman, III , Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Michael Joseph Kralovec , Sara R. McClain , Kralovec Meenan LLP, Richard Michael Beuke , Richard M. Beuke & Assoc., Terrence Michael Burns , Daniel Matthew Noland , Paul A. Michalik , Dykema Gossett PLLC, Andrew M. Hale , Avi T. Kamionski , Helena Lee   Burton Wright , James T. McGovern , Shneur Z. Nathan , Andrew M. Hale & Associates, LLC, Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr. , Richard Seth Shippee , Stephen L. Garcia , Allen Price Walker , Eileen Marie Letts , Kenya A. Jenkins , Greene & Letts, Chicago, IL, William George Gamboney, Jr. , Oak Park, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Michael Tillman served nearly 24 years in prison for a July 1986 rape and murder before his conviction was vacated and the charges dismissed by a Cook County Special Prosecutor in January 2010. He received a certificate of innocence from the Circuit Court of Cook County in February 2010. Tillman brings a host of claims against the police officers, police supervisors, and...

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