Legal Opinion
Sroga v. Weiglen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 2011No. 10-2164PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Kevin Sroga has sued Chicago police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, complaining of three arrests that he contends violated his constitutional right to be free from unreasonable seizure of his person. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and so we are obliged to construe the facts as favorably to the appellant as the record permits.
The first arrest was for disorderly conduct. Sroga tried to dissuade an employee of the City of Chicago from towing his car, which was parked on a street near his home and which the City had designated as…
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