Legal Opinion
Howlett v. Hack
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 2015No. 14-1351PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
In the early hours of October 25, 2009, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department received a 911 call reporting that someone had broken into Jeffrey Hack’s house. Officer Steven Beasley responded to the call and eventually arrested Hack’s neighbor, Charles Howlett. Howlett was later charged with a variety of offenses related to the alleged break-in, but a jury ultimately acquitted him. He then filed this suit, alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution on the part of Beasley, the City of Indianapolis, Hack, and several others. The district court granted summary…
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