Hattie Keenon, Individually and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated v. James B. Conlisk, Jr. And James M. Rochford

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought under the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) for injunctive relief and damages. The complaint alleged that at 8:00 p. m. on August 12, 1973, plaintiff and her husband were arrested in the Second Police District of the First Area of the Chicago Police Department. 1 They were transferred to Second District headquarters at 5101 South Wentworth Avenue. From 8:00 p. m. until midnight, plaintiff was incarcerated in a cell with her hands handcuffed behind her back. On the other hand, during this time her husband was searched, fingerprinted, charged…