Legal Opinion

Sommerfield v. City of Chicago

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided March 31, 2018No. 1:08-cv-03025Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DETLEF SOMMERFIELD, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case No. 08-CV-3025 v. ) ) Judge Joan B. Gottschall THE CITY OF CHICAGO, ) SERGEANT KNASIAK #1841, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Detlef Sommerfield (“Sommerfield”), a patrol officer in the Chicago Police Department, brought this action under

42 U.S.C. §§ 1981

and 1983 against the City of Chicago (“the City”) and Sergeant Lawrence Knasiak (“Knasiak”). Sommerfield alleged that Knasiak repeatedly harassed and discriminated against him on the basis of…

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