Legal Opinion
Peals v. Terre Haute Police Department
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 25, 2008No. 07-2804PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Robert Peals filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Terre Haute Police Department and several individual police officers. Mr. Peals alleged that the defendants had performed an unlawful search, falsely arrested him, initiated a retaliatory prosecution against him and used excessive force against him. Before trial, the district court granted the defendants’ summary judgment motion with respect to Mr. Peals’ unlawful search, false arrest and retaliatory prosecution claims. The court also dismissed his claims against all of the defendants except Officers Trey…
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