Legal Opinion
Mark D. Jones and Theresa A. Jones v. Ron Wilhelm, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 3, 2005No. 04-1261, 04-1605PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
While executing a search warrant, Detective Ron Wilhelm and his team of officers mistakenly entered the apartment of Mark and Theresa Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Jones sued Detective Wilhelm pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging a violation of their Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures. In particular, the Joneses claimed that Wilhelm failed to take reasonable steps to discern the proper target of the warrant before execution of the warrant (“the warrant claim”) and failed to give them sufficient time to answer their door before entering (“the…
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