Legal Opinion
Renaldo Hernandez, and David A. Cerda v. Joliet Police Department, Francis Ruettiger, Tom Stein
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 22, 1999No. 98-3558PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
On October 27, 1997, plaintiff-appellant Renaldo Hernandez (“Hernandez”) filed this action in federal court against the Joliet, Illinois Police Department and two of its officers, Francis Ruettiger and Thomas Stein, and against the Illinois State’s Attorney’s Office of Will County and the First Assistant State’s Attorney, Douglas DeBoer, alleging a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as supplemental claims under Illinois law for libel and slander, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
On May 13, 1998, the district court granted the individual defendants’…
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