Minson v. Village of Hopedale

ORDER

Ila Minson was charged with aggravated assault and unlawful use of a weapon after quarreling with a Hopedale, Illinois, police officer. Before waiting for the state criminal proceedings to run their course, however, Minson sued in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the officer and other Hopedale officials violated her constitutional rights by searching her car without probable cause and engaging in a baseless arrest to silence her political speech. The district court dismissed, reasoning that only Minson’s search and seizure claims were conceivably viable, and that they…