Lipford v. City of Chicago

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL LIPFORD, Plaintiff, Case No. 15-cv-6988 v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Judge John Robert Blakey Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Michael Lipford and Defendants Guy Dailey, Leif Goff, and Bernard Veleta proceeded to a jury trial on Plaintiff’s claims that Defendants violated his constitutional rights when they entered and searched his apartment, arrested him, and seized three firearms and $850 in September 2013. At the close of all evidence, Defendants orally moved for judgment as a matter of law…