BAKER v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 16-cv-08940.

483 F.Supp.3d 543 (2020)

Ben BAKER and Clarissa Glenn, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants.

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

Signed August 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth C. Wang , Loevy & Loevy, Boulder, CO, Joel A. Flaxman , Kenneth N. Flaxman , Kenneth N. Flaxman P.C., Jonathan I. Loevy , Joshua Alan Tepfer , Katherine A. Roche , Russell R. Ainsworth , Scott R. Rauscher , Sean Starr , Theresa H. Kleinhaus , Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Ben Baker.

Elizabeth C. Wang , Loevy & Loevy, Boulder, CO, Scott R. Rauscher , Sean Starr , Theresa H. Kleinhaus , Loevy and Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Clarissa Glenn.

Terrence Michael Burns , Daniel Matthew Noland , Elizabeth A. Ekl , Katherine Carole Morrison , Paul A. Michalik , Reiter Burns LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants City of Chicago, Philip J. Cline, Karen Rowan, Debra Kirby.

Brian Patrick Gainer , Ahmed A. Kosoko , Lisa Marie McElroy , Monica Burkoth , Zachary Adam Pestine , Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendant Ronald Watts.

Eric S. Palles , Sean M. Sullivan , Tyler Eason Roland , Gary Jay Ravitz , Kerry Mohan , Laura S. Platt , Daley Mohan Groble P.C., Emily Wessel Farr , Gould & Ratner LLP, Naphtalia Clara Lafontant , Ravitz & Palles, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant Officer Kallatt Mohammed.

Andrew M. Hale , Allyson Lynn West , Amy A. Hijjawi , Anthony E. Zecchin , Brian J. Stefanich , Jennifer Bitoy , William E. Bazarek , Hale & Monico LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants Sergeant Alvin Jones, Officer Robert Gonzalez, Officer Cabrales, Officer Douglas Nichols, Jr., Officer Manuel S. Leano, Officer Brian Bolton, Officer Kenneth Young, Jr., Officer D. Soltis, Officer Elsworth J. Smith, Jr.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs Ben Baker and Clarissa Glenn allege that a group of Chicago Police Department ("CPD") officers led by former sergeant Ronald Watts concocted a scheme to frame Baker for drug crimes. As part of the scheme, in March 2005, officers...

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