Legal Opinion
Vaughn Neita v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 2016No. 15-1404PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Vaughn Neita was arrested and charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty and neglect under Illinois law after surrendering two dogs to Chicago’s Department of Animal Care and Control. An Illinois judge found him not guilty on all counts. Neita maintains that the officials who arrested and prosecuted him had no basis to do so; he brought this suit for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Illinois law. The district court dismissed Neita’s federal claims for failure to state a claim and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state-law claims. Because the…
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