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Starks v. City of Waukegan

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided May 21, 2013No. 09 C 348PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Memorandum Opinion and Order

GARY FEINERMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Bennie Starks was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault, attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault, and aggravated battery in the Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois. Doc. 95 at ¶ 40. In 2006, after 20 years in prison, Starks was released after the Appellate Court of Illinois vacated the two sexual assault convictions. Id. at ¶ 48. Starks then brought this civil suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Illinois law against the City of Waukegan, Illinois; five former or present Waukegan police officers named Urbancic,…

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  4. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by31 opinions

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