Legal Opinion

Cardenas v. City of Chicago

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 20, 2011No. 10-3301PublishedCited by 194 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Chicago police officer Alejandro Gallegos led a team of officers in executing a search warrant at the apartment of Maria Cardenas, Evanhido Cardenas, and Natalia Barron (the “Plaintiffs”). The officers entered the apartment, without knocking and announcing their presence, and then handcuffed and harshly handled the residents. The residents subsequently sued the City of Chicago and Officer Gallegos, bringing three state-law and two federal claims based on the allegedly unlawful search. They did not properly serve Officer Gallegos with process, however, and he moved to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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