Schand v. City of Springfield

MICHAEL A. PONSOR, U.S. District Judge *111I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Mark Schand ("Plaintiff" or "Schand") and his family members seek damages from the City of Springfield and five city police officers, based on Schand's imprisonment for nearly twenty-seven years for a 1986 murder he alleges he did not commit.1 Defendants do not concede Plaintiff's innocence and, even assuming it, deny that they were guilty of any negligence or misconduct in connection with Plaintiff's conviction and imprisonment. Two motions for summary judgment are now before the court, one filed individually by Defendant police…