Legal Opinion
Sandy Lewis v. James O'grady, in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, 1
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 1988No. 87-2154PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
The question on appeal concerns the reasonableness of a delay in the release of a defendant from custody after the basis for his detention had ended. Sandy Lewis was arrested and detained on an arrest warrant issued for another person. Lewis based his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for false arrest and imprisonment on the 11 or so hours he spent in custody after a judge determined that he was not the person named in the arrest warrant. He also brought a class action which was initially certified and later decertified. As a result of settlements made with some of the defendants…
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