Legal Opinion
Robert Simmons v. Ronald Pryor and City of Evanston
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 8, 1994No. 92-2462PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Robert Simmons brought this § 1983 action alleging, inter alia, deprivations of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights in being arrested without probable cause. The district court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the ground that his arrest did not lack probable cause because a state judicial officer found probable cause in the complaint against Simmons. Because we find that the record establishes that there is no genuine issue of fact as to the existence of probable cause, we affirm.
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On the morning of October 14, 1989, City of Evanston police…
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