Sara Hecker v. City of Chicago

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION SARA HECKER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Case No. 24-cv-6857 ) v. ) Hon. Steven C. Seeger ) CITY OF CHICAGO, ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Sara Hecker, a Chicago police officer, injured her knee in 2010 while placing a suspect in custody. So the Chicago Police Department assigned Hecker to desk-duty, where she sat for over a decade. In October 2021, the Department asked Hecker to help with the Chicago Marathon. At first, she protested the assignment, but she felt…