Legal Opinion
Felton v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 28, 2016No. 14-3211PublishedCited by 313 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Felton sued the City of Chicago and its police superintendent, alleging that police officers used excessive force in arresting him. The district judge consulted newspaper accounts of the arrest and then, without requiring an answer from the defendants, dismissed the suit as frivolous. But the suit was not frivolous and the judge should not have dismissed it by relying on newspaper stories. We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
We recite the facts assuming the truth of Felton’s allegations. On March 15, 2014, Felton was in a car in Harvey, Illinois, when he was approached by…
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