Legal Opinion

Ford v. Davis

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided March 9, 1995No. 93 C 6000PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge:

Before the court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. For the follow*1126ing reasons, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.

I. BACKGROUND1

This matter arises from a confrontation between Plaintiff Darryl A. Ford (“Ford”) and the two Defendant police officers, Jon Davis and Jeffrey Chapman (collectively “Defendants”), which eventually led to Ford’s arrest. Ford brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Ford alleges that on or about March 15, 1993, Defendants searched him…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  5. Young v. Campbell County, KentuckyDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2020

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