Legal Opinion
Sornberger, Scott v. City of Knoxville
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 20, 2006No. 04-3614PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Scott Sornberger (“Scott”) and his wife Teresa Sornberger (“Teresa”) 1 spent approximately four months in jail while awaiting trial for their suspected involvement in the January 12, 2000 robbery of the First Midwest Bank (“First Bank”). Eventually, a man admitting to be the true bank robber came forward, and the Sorn-bergers were released. They then brought this federal civil rights action, see 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against Rick Pesci, the Knoxville, Illinois chief of police, the City of Galesburg, Illinois and several Gales-burg police officers. The complaint alleged that…
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