Andersen v. Village of Glenview

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION BARBARA ANDERSEN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 17-CV-05761 ) VILLAGE OF GLENVIEW; et al. Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This case presents an unfortunate but not unfamiliar saga: divorced parents warring over custody of their children. Here, the custody battle has spawned a federal civil rights case in which the plaintiff, Barbara Andersen, claims that she was arrested, held overnight, and prosecuted on trumped up stalking charges in a ploy engineered by her…