Legal Opinion
Coleman v. O'GRADY
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 6, 1992No. 91 C 2517PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
NORGLE, District Judge.
Before the court is defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint, which alleges termination of plaintiff’s employment in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For the reasons stated below, the defendants’ motion is granted.
FACTS
Plaintiff Jerry Coleman (Coleman) was employed as a deputy sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, beginning in 1978. Coleman was arrested by the Chicago police on May 17, 1986, for the offense of assault. The Sheriff of Cook County and the Director of Inspections and Internal Affairs Division of Cook County (collectively “defendants”)…
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