Smith, Paul v. Power, L. Patrick

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 03-1811 PAUL SMITH AND GLORIA SMITH, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. L. PATRICK POWER, Defendant-Appellee. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. No. 01-CV-2083—Michael P. McCuskey, Judge. ____________ ARGUED SEPTEMBER 8, 2003—DECIDED OCTOBER 6, 2003 ____________ Before KANNE, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges. ROVNER, Circuit Judge. Paul and Gloria Smith sued L. Patrick Power, an assistant city attorney in Kankakee, Illinois, under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

for…