Legal Opinion

Heard v. City of N.Y.

District Court, S.D. Illinois

Decided August 10, 2018No. 15-CV-6469 (JGK)PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge:

In this action, Gerard Heard has sued Police Officer James Roche alleging claims *690of false arrest and denial of the right to a fair trial, in violation of the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See also Garnett v. Undercover Officer C0039, 838 F.3d 265, 276 n.6 (2d Cir. 2016) (concluding that a fair trial claim may arise under either the Fifth Amendment or the Sixth Amendment, as applied pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment, or both).1 Officer Roche arrested Heard after allegedly discovering a knife…

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