Legal Opinion
Clifton Morgan v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 2016No. 14-3307PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Clifton Morgan was arrested by three Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) officers — Lieutenant Duane DeVries, Sergeant Christian Tsoukalas, and Sergeant Anthony Schulz — and charged with possession of crack cocaine and resisting arrest. The Circuit Court of Cook County dismissed the charges, and Mr. Morgan brought this civil action against the arresting officers and the City of Chicago (collectively, “the defendants”). Along with several state-law claims, he brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which he alleged that the officers had conspired to violate and did…
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