Fields v. City of Chicago

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION NATHSON FIELDS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 10 C 1168 ) CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge: Nathson Fields sued the City of Chicago, several Chicago police officers and officials, and two former Cook County prosecutors under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

and state law for claims arising from his prosecution for the 1984 murders of Talman Hickman and Jerome Smith. Fields was convicted and sentenced to death in 1986. His convictions were…