Legal Opinion
Holmes v. Village of Hoffman Estates
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 26, 2007No. 06-2759PublishedCited by 270 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
After a jury acquitted plaintiff Darius Holmes of charges that he committed a battery upon police officers Martin Piatek and Matthew Teipel and resisted Teipel’s efforts to arrest him, Holmes filed suit against the officers and their municipal employers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming false arrest and the use of excessive force, in violation of his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, and malicious prosecution in violation of Illinois law. Holmes settled his claims against Piatek and the Village of Streamwood, Illinois, which employed Piatek. The district…
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