Madero v. McGuinness

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION DANIEL A. MADERO, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:20 C 50062 ) OWEN MCGUINNESS, ) Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM ORDER Plaintiff Daniel Madero was arrested and briefly detained after a traffic accident in February 2018. Madero believes that Officer Owen McGuinness, one of the four traffic officers involved in his arrest, lacked probable cause for that arrest. Madero sued McGuinness for violation of his Fourth Amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, but Judge Reinhard of this court granted summary…