Legal Opinion
Catlin v. City of Wheaton
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 2009No. 07-3903PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Jonathan Catlin was arrested and briefly detained when members of the Wheaton Police Department mistook him for the ringleader of a local drug operation. Catlin subsequently sued for false arrest and excessive force. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on the basis of qualified immunity. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On August 20, 2003, the DuPage County Sheriffs Narcotics Unit conducted a major operation to arrest numerous members of a drug conspiracy in Wheaton, Illinois. The operation involved over seventy-five officers from neighboring…
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