Legal Opinion
Michael Alexander v. Mark McKinney
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 2012No. 11-3539PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Michael Alexander alleges that a local prosecutor, Mark McKinney, conspired with a number of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to manufacture false evidence and bring trumped-up charges of conspiracy to commit bribery against him. A jury acquitted Alexander of the charges, and he then brought suit against McKinney for violating his due process rights. The district court dismissed the claim, finding McKinney entitled to qualified immunity because the complaint did not identify a deprivation of a cognizable constitutional right. Because Alexander’s complaint…
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