Legal Opinion
Bryan Hinnen v. Thomas E. Kelly and Other Unknown Named Agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 1993No. 92-2111PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.
A district court held defendant Agent Kelly, a Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), was immune from a civil suit filed in response to a search of plaintiff Bryan Hinnen’s home. For the reasons given below, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Bryan Hinnen’s home at 412 East Melbourne Avenue, Peoria, Illinois, was searched pursuant to a warrant on March 14, 1990. The two other plaintiffs, Ruth Hinnen, mother of Bryan, and Jon Belt were also present when the search was done. Bryan Hinnen filed his complaint on December 17, 1990, and the two…
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