Legal Opinion
Ronald Olson v. Champaign County, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 2015No. 12-3742PublishedCited by 249 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Ronald and Cindy Olson appeal the district court’s dismissal of their civil suit challenging the arrest of Mr. Olson by local officials in Illinois. The Olsons allege that two police detectives and a prosecutor violated Mr. Olson’s Fourth Amendment rights by causing his arrest without probable cause. The district court dismissed the suit for failure to state a claim, finding that the prosecutor was entitled to absolute prosecutorial immunity and the detectives were entitled to qualified immunity because they had a warrant for Olson’s arrest. The district…
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