Holmes v. Illinois Municipal Retirement fund

Plaintiff, Kevin Holmes, is a police officer for the City of Aurora, an Illinois municipality of over 5,000 inhabitants. The board of trustees of the Aurora police pension fund denied plaintiff’s application for membership to the fund, allegedly on the ground that plaintiff had diabetes. Thereafter plaintiff filed an application to participate in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF). The IMRF board of trustees denied the application on the ground that those who perform police duties were excluded from the fund. Plaintiff filed a complaint for administrative review of the board’s…