Kluppelberg v. Burge

OPINION AND ORDER

U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow

Defendant City of Chicago has moved to bar reference to plaintiff James Kluppel-berg’s certificate of innocence (“COI”) obtained under what will be referred to as “the Statute,” 735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/2-702, which facilitates a wrongly convicted individual to obtain remedial compensation from the State of Illinois. For reasons stated herein, the motion will be denied.

I.BACKGROUND FACTS

The facts necessary to resolve this motion in limine are undisputed. In 1989, Kluppelberg was convicted of arson and murder in connection with a 1984 fire in…