Legal Opinion
Hosea v. Slaughter
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 27, 2016No. 15-2660PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Jason Hosea challenges the dismissal of his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the manager and owner of a storage lot (Willis Slaughter and Steve Timmerman), a police officer (Todd Keil), and two municipalities. His complaint appears to arise out of a dispute relating to cars that he stores at the lot. He alleges that Slaughter and Tim-merman “racially discriminat[ed]” against him by “trying to cheat” him out of his “vehicles” and “involving” the police to “make it look legal.” The district court dismissed Hosea’s complaint for failure to state a claim. It reasoned that Hosea did not…
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