Legal Opinion
Whitehouse v. Piazza
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 25, 2005No. 05 C 1638PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CASTILLO, District Judge.
Plaintiff Joel Whitehouse filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2005) and Illinois law, claiming: that he was assaulted by Mayor John Piazza after Piazza confronted him about an altercation between their,children; that Police Chief Kevin Shaugh-nessy and unknown Lemont police officers refused to issue a police report or a criminal complaint about Piazza’s assault of Whitehouse; and that Piazza directed the police to prevent Whitehouse from filing a police report in retaliation for White-house’s plan to disclose Piazza and Shaughnessy’s threats…
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