Legal Opinion
Gekas v. Williamson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 20, 2009No. 4-08-0733PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Appleton
Plaintiff, G. Mark Gekas, D.D.S., lodged a complaint with the Sangamon County sheriff’s office. He complained that a deputy sheriff, John Gillette, had mistreated him during a traffic stop. The Division of Professional Standards (Division), i.e., the internal-affairs branch of the sheriffs office, performed an investigation and concluded that Gillette had done nothing wrong.
Plaintiff disagreed. He decided to perform an investigation of his own. Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (Act) (5 ILCS 140/1 through 11 (West 2006)), he requested the sheriffs office to provide him a copy of all…
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