Bolden v. Pesavento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION EDDIE L. BOLDEN, Plaintiff, No. 17 CV 417 v. Judge Manish S. Shah CITY OF CHICAGO, JAMES OLIVER, ANGELO PESAVENTO, and EDWARD SIWEK, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Eddie Bolden was wrongfully convicted of murder and attempted murder. Now exonerated, Bolden seeks damages from the police officers whose investigation led to his imprisonment. One of Bolden’s claims is that defendants violated his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process by destroying, suppressing, and fabricating evidence.…