Legal Opinion

Serino v. Hensley

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 4, 2013No. 13-1058PublishedCited by 138 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

In September 2008, Oakland City Chief of Police Alec Hensley arrested Christian Serino for trespass and resisting law enforcement. The charges were eventually dropped. In March 2012, Serino filed suit against Hensley and Oakland City in federal district court. He alleged that Hensley violated his constitutional rights and *590committed multiple state-law torts. The district court dismissed each of Serino’s federal and state claims at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage. We now affirm.

I. Background

In reviewing a motion to dismiss, we accept the facts of the plaintiffs complaint as true.…

2Cases cited25 opinions

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  4. Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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