Legal Opinion
Hanners v. Trent
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 19, 2012No. 11-1754PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Flynn Hanners, a former Master Sergeant with the Illinois State Police (“ISP”), brought this action in the district court, alleging that fellow ISP employees Larry Trent, Harold Nelson, Lance Adams, Richard Woods and Leonard Stallworth discriminated against him because of his race, in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, and Mr. Hanners now timely appeals. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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BACKGROUND
A. Facts
1. The Email
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