Legal Opinion
Myvett v. Heerdt
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 9, 2017No. 12 CV 09464PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
John J. Tharp, Jr., United States District Judge
In the early morning hours of November 27, 2010, Plaintiff Paul Myvett was arrest*1008ed for allegedly shooting Reginald Allen during a late night fracas at a White Castle restaurant on the north side of Chicago. The charges levied against Myvett based on that shooting, however, were unfounded; Allen told police within hours of the shooting, and before Myvett was charged, that Myvett was not the shooter. At trial, Myvett was acquitted of the charges; the state court trial judge granted Myvett’s motion for a directed…
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