Carter v. Buscher

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Civil rights action.

The facts are singular.

Cross-motions for summary judgment.

Judgment for Defendants.

Case closed.

I. Facts

Plaintiff’s husband, Raymond Ruhl, was being investigated by the ISP in January, 1988, for solicitation to murder his wife— the Plaintiff. In fact, during the investigation Plaintiff was offered and accepted protective custody by the ISP. With the assistance of a co-conspirator, Roger Arke-bauer, the police obtained sufficient evidence to authorize Ruhl’s arrest. See Arkebauer v. Kiley, 751 F.Supp. 783 (C.D.Ill.1990).

Ruhl worked as a…