Legal Opinion
Patrick Dockery v. Sherrie Blackburn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 19, 2018No. 17-1881PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sykes, Circuit Judge.
Patrick Dockery was arrested after a domestic dispute at his girlfriend's apartment *461 in Joliet, Illinois. Sergeant Sherrie Blackburn and Officer Terry Higgins took him to the police station for booking on charges of trespass and criminal damage to property. He grew confrontational while being fingerprinted, and the officers told him that he'd have to be handcuffed to a bench for the rest of the booking process. Things escalated quickly. Dockery angrily pulled away, fell over, and kicked wildly at the officers. By the time the officers managed to handcuff him, Sergeant…
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