Legal Opinion
Stanard v. Nygren
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 19, 2011No. 09-1487PublishedCited by 381 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Michael Stanard built an outdoor stage on his property in rural McHenry County, Illinois, and began hosting events there. He claims that Keith Nygren, the Sheriff of McHenry County, forced him to hire off-duty deputies as a private security force for these events and threatened to close the road leading to his property if he did not comply. Stanard sued Nygren, 22 of his deputies, and McHenry County, alleging a conspiracy to violate his rights, but his attorney Walter Maksym proved unable to file an intelligible complaint. After giving Maksym three tries at producing a…
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