Legal Opinion
Bielanski v. County of Kane
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 18, 2008No. 07-1928PublishedCited by 299 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Lorri Bielanski, at the age of fifteen, was falsely accused of sexually abusing a six-year-old neighbor. Eventually acquitted of all charges, she sued a number of public officials and entities for violating her constitutional rights during the investigation and prosecution of the alleged crime. The district court dismissed her complaint in its entirety. We affirm.
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On review of this dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), we accept as true all well-pleaded facts, and, drawing all inferences in favor of Bielanski, we review de novo whether the complaint…
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