Legal Opinion
Hickombottom v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 18, 1990No. 89 C 1452PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.
The City of Chicago and five of its police officers, Robert McGuire, Thomas Tansey, James Kierse, William Murphy, and James O’Connell, have moved to dismiss many portions of the complaint filed by Paul Hickombottom, an inmate at the Menard Correctional Center. Since Hickombottom is proceeding pro se, this court may dismiss his claims “only ... if it is beyond doubt that there is no set of facts under which he could obtain relief.” Shango v. Jurich, 681 F.2d 1091, 1103 (7th Cir.1982). With this in mind, the court will turn to Hickom-bottom’s…
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