Legal Opinion
Eugene Sparing v. Village of Olympia Fields and Officer James Keith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 19, 2001No. 00-1021PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Eugene Sparing sued Officer James Keith for alleged Fourth Amendment violations, stemming from his arrest in his home. He also sued Keith and the Village of Olympia Fields under the Illinois tort of malicious prosecution. The Village and Keith moved for summary judgment, with Keith asserting a defense of qualified immunity. Relying on our decision in United States v. Berkowitz, 927 F.2d 1376 (7th Cir.1991), the district court rejected Sparing’s Fourth Amendment warrant claim. In addition, the district court found probable cause for Sparing’s arrest on a closely related…
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