Legal Opinion
Joseph Rossi v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 2015No. 13-3795PublishedCited by 255 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Rossi was assaulted by several persons, one of whom was an off-duty Chicago police officer. Glenn Mathews, a detective with the Chicago Police Department, was assigned to investigate. For six weeks, Mathews did practically no work on the case; he followed zero leads, did not inspect the crime scene, and questioned no witnesses other than Rossi. Aside from taking some messages and filing perfunctory reports, he exerted no discernible effort. He then closed his investigation.
Rossi sued Mathews under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that he violated his constitutional right…
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