Legal Opinion
Bloodworth v. Village of Greendale
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 10, 2012No. 11-3155PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
■Police officers from the Village of Green-dale, Wisconsin, arrested Stephen Blood-worth at his home and seized three guns from inside the residence. After a station-house interview, Bloodworth was taken to the Milwaukee County jail. Prosecutors charged him with disorderly conduct, and after a bail hearing he was released from the jail. The criminal charge was dismissed four months later. Bloodworth then sued the Village and County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His amended complaint is sparse, but a magistrate judge (presiding by consent) understood Bloodworth to claim that the Village police…
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