Legal Opinion
Charise Pepper v. Village of Oak Park and Leonard Donaire
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 30, 2005No. 04-3948PublishedCited by 279 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to determine whether providing “escort services” to an estranged spouse by the Oak Park Police Department gives rise to a remedy under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the other spouse. If Charise Pepper’s colloquial characterization had accurately described Oak Park Police Officer Leonard Donaire’s involvement with Pepper’s husband John Redd on June 1, 2001, we might be inclined to hold in the affirmative. The phrase “escort services,” however, does not fit Pepper’s allegations, which in turn are not supported by the evidence. For the following reasons, we affirm the '…
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