Legal Opinion
Adams v. Rotkvich
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 2009No. 08-3998PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
On October 14, 2008, Wayne Adams sued Detective Jeffrey Rotkvich of the Des Plaines, Illinois Police Department under § 1983 for violating his constitutional rights in connection with his arrest and subsequent prosecution. The district court dismissed Adams’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Adams appeals. We affirm, although on different grounds.
After stopping and arresting Adams for a traffic violation on the night of May 19, 2005, the arresting officers transported him to the police station in Des Plaines, Illinois. In his complaint, Adams alleged that early in the…
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