Legal Opinion
Richard F. Harrington, Tavares Harrington, Tyjuan Kidd v. City of Chicago, Officer Delgado, Officer Moran
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 3, 2006No. 04-4326PublishedCited by 387 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Claims of excessive force by police officers are at the heart of this suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. However, before the merits could be heard, the repeated inattention of the plaintiffs’ attorney to the case caused the district court to dismiss it for want of prosecution. The attorney, T. Lee Boyd, Jr., then moved, on behalf of his clients, to vacate the dismissal. The district court denied the motion, and we affirm.
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In January 2003, Richard Harrington, Tavares Harrington, Tyjuan Kidd, and Brenda Johnson sued the City of Chicago and several of its police officers…
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