Legal Opinion
Roberto Gonzalez and Gloria Holland v. Nicholas Kokot and Deverick Dixon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 27, 2002No. 02-1514PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal comes to us from a grant of summary judgment in favor of two East Chicago, Indiana police officers. A Chicago, Illinois police officer and his friend brought this § 1983 lawsuit, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated when the East Chicago officers wrongfully arrested them and used excessive force in doing so. This lawsuit by Roberto Gonzalez and Gloria Holland faced an immediate hurdle, however, given that they had previously executed releases of any claims they might have had against the East Chicago officers. They nevertheless proceeded…
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