Legal Opinion
Ralphael Okoro v. William Callaghan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 17, 2003No. 02-2033PublishedCited by 198 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit by a federal prisoner, Ralphael Okoro, against federal and state officers, seeking the return of gems and cash that he claims the defendants seized in the course of a search of his home. The district court dismissed the suit, but we reversed and remanded. Okoro v. Boh-man, 164 F.3d 1059 (7th Cir.1999). A bench trial was held, and the district judge rendered judgment for the defendants because he disbelieved Okoro’s story. The appeal has no possible merit- — the issue on which the judgment pivots was a straightforward'issue of credibility — and we write…
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