Savory v. Cannon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOHNNIE LEE SAVORY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 17 C 204 v. ) ) Judge Sara L. Ellis WILLIAM CANNON, as ) Special Representative for the Estate of ) CHARLES CANNON, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION AND ORDER After serving thirty years in prison for crimes he allegedly did not commit and receiving a pardon from the Governor of Illinois, Plaintiff Johnnie Lee Savory filed this lawsuit under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

against Defendants, including the City of Peoria and over a dozen current and former officers and employees of the Peoria…