Legal Opinion
Shaunte Dotson v. Jaimie Bravo, Officer, Star 4123, and City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 2003No. 01-3494PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
“[T]here are species of misconduct that place too high a burden ... for a court to allow a case to continue.” Barnhill v. United States, 11 F.3d 1360, 1368 (7th Cir.1993). The Plaintiff, whose real name is DeMarco Shaunte Sheppard, 1 filed this civil rights lawsuit under the name “Shaunte Dotson” after being twice convicted and once acquitted of aggravated discharge of a firearm in the Illinois courts under the name “Shaunte Dotson.” During discovery proceedings in this case, the Defendants (“Bravo” or “the City”) learned of Sheppard’s true identity and filed a motion to…
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