Legal Opinion
Evans v. Poskon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 16, 2010No. 09-3140PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Police burst into the home of Ty Evans to stop what they reasonably believed was his attempt to strangle someone to death. According to the officers, Evans resisted arrest and had to be subdued; according to Evans, he offered no resistance and was beaten mercilessly both before and after the officers gained custody of him. A state court convicted Evans of attempted murder and resisting arrest; he is serving a term of 71 years’ imprisonment. See Evans v. State, 855 N.E.2d 378 (Ind.App.2006).
In this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Evans accuses the officers of violating…
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