Watkins v. City of Highland Park

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ROSEN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Robert James Watkins commenced this suit in this Court on November 3, 2000, asserting federal constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state-law claims of false arrest and false imprisonment arising from his arrest in the early-morning hours of May 7, 2000 as part of a police raid of a “techno” music and dance party at a hall leased by Plaintiffs corporation, Late Night Entertainment, Inc. In support of these claims, Plaintiff alleges that Defendants lacked probable cause…