Legal Opinion
Simmons v. City of Racine, PFC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 4, 1994No. 93-3031PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
On March 13, 1990, two City of Racine, Wisconsin, Police Department employees, acting on a tip from a confidential informant, approached plaintiff Kenny Simmons in a Racine bar and performed a patdown search for weapons and contraband. None were found, but a third police officer informed them that according to a different confidential informant, the plaintiff was known to hide cocaine between his buttocks. The plaintiff was then arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, transported to the police station, and strip-searched. This search revealed fourteen paper bindles…
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