Legal Opinion
Doornbos v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 2017No. 16-1770PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Joseph Doornbos was leaving a Chicago train station when a plainclothes police officer confronted him, grabbed him, and with the help of two other plainclothes officers, forced him to the ground. Doom-bos was acquitted in a criminal trial for resisting arrest. He then filed this suit against the three officers and the City of Chicago for excessive use of force and malicious prosecution. Doornbos contends that Officer Williamson failed to identify himself as an officer and then used excessive force to tackle and subdue him. Officer Williamson claims that he…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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