Legal Opinion
Rooni v. Biser
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 4, 2014No. 13-1511PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Deer hunting is serious business in the state of Wisconsin. Although the hunters and the state game wardens may coexist peacefully most of the time, in this case they did not. A dispute erupted between Mitch Rooni, a hunter, and Bradley Biser, a warden employed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and it has now wended its way into federal court. According to Rooni, on November 19, 2005, Biser arrested him without probable cause and used excessive force against him both before and after the arrest. Asserting that his civil rights had been violated by these…
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