Legal Opinion
Gary Gauger v. Beverly Hendle
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 5, 2004No. 02-3841PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Gary Gauger appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the defendants, three McHenry County, Illinois, detectives whom he had sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 charging them in effect with having framed him. There are other defendants, but they needn’t be discussed separately, as their lawyers do not argue that there is any difference among their clients so far as liability for the wrongs alleged by Gau-ger is concerned.
The facts are bizarre. In 1993, Gauger, a 40-year-old divorced organic farmer, was living on the farm of his elderly parents, with whom he had had various…
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