Thompson v. Mueller

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALESIA, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendants’ motion for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. Motion granted.

I. BACKGROUND

In the late evening hours of July 20, 1995, plaintiff Ronald Thompson — a police officer who was not on duty at the time — and his friend Brian Knight visited the Barrington Square Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Thompson and Knight were conversing in the parking lot near Thompson’s car. Ronald Joseph, a theater employee and acquaintance of Thompson, joined in the conversation.

Defendants…