Legal Opinion
Thomas Wilson v. Warren County, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 2016No. 15-1939PublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADELMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Thomas Wilson and Randy Brown bring claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against private citizen defendants, Ronald Hanson, Mark Johnson, and Douglas Reiners, as well as against Warren County, Illinois and several of its officials including Sheriff Martin Edwards, Deputy Thomas Carithers, and State Attorney Albert Algren, referred to as the public defendants. Wilson also brings a Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) claim against the private defendants, and plaintiffs assert supplemental state law claims. The claims arise out of an incident in which the private defendants…
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