Legal Opinion
Nathan D. Alexander, Ii, and Amy Gepfert v. Joseph Deangelo
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 22, 2003No. 02-3124PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a damages suit against two Fort Wayne police officers, Joseph DeAngelo and Dan Hannaford, and the City itself. The plaintiffs have not appealed from the dismissal of their claim against the City, however; nor, it appears, are they pursuing their claim against Hannaford, whom the briefs ignore completely.
The suit was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in an Indiana state court, charging violations of the plaintiffs’ federal civil rights, and surprisingly was removed by the defendants to federal…
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