Legal Opinion
David Haywood v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 2004No. 03-3175PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
David Haywood brought suit for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Chicago and two of its police officers, charging false arrest and detention in violation of his federal constitutional rights. He appeals from the grant of the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and so we construe the facts as favorably to him as the record permits, simplifying them where possible.
When arrested, Haywood was employed by a pawnshop as an armed security guard. He was just beginning his commute to work from his home on Chicago’s south side one day when the defendant…
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