Comite Pro-Celebracion v. Claypool

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, District Judge.

El Comité Pro-Celebracion Del Centenario Del Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos (“El Comite”) and its members have brought this suit against the Commissioners of the Chicago Park District (“Board”) in their individual and official capacities. 1 The plaintiffs seek relief 2 under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, alleging that the Board violated the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when it refused to grant El Comite permission to erect a statue of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos in Humboldt Park. The defendants…