Legal Opinion
Penn v. Chicago State University
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 30, 2001No. 99 C 8021PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
LEINENWEBER, District Judge.
David Penn was arrested and allegedly beaten by Chicago State University police. He is suing Chicago State University (“Chicago State”), Veronica Harris, Melvin Jones, Wendell Mack, and unknown supervisors (the “officers”) under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 for violating his Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendment rights, malicious prosecution, and false arrest. Before the Court is Mack’s Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss all of Penn’s claims against him and Harris and Jones’ motion for summary judgment on Counts V (conspiracy) and XIV (false…
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