Legal Opinion
Casares v. Bernal
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 20, 2011No. 08 CV 4198PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER
YOUNG B. KIM, United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiffs Daniel and Karina Casares bring this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the seven defendant police officers violated their constitutional rights by using excessive force against them in the course of an arrest that took place on October 6, 2006. According to Plaintiffs, Defendants dragged Daniel — who has been a quadriplegic since 2002 and has limited use of his arms and hands — out of a car where he was sitting and hit and kicked him repeatedly. (R. 51, Second Am. Compl. ¶¶ 7-8.) They…
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