Legal Opinion

Balcerzak v. Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department

District Court, E.D. Wisconsin

Decided February 13, 1998No. Civ. A. 95-C-749PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING THE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DISMISSING THE ACTION

REYNOLDS, District Judge.

The plaintiffs are Milwaukee police officers who were subjected to discipline for their handling of an encounter with the now infamous Jeffery Dahmer and one of Dahmer’s eventual victims, Konerak Sinthasomphone. On October 10, 1997, this court dismissed a variety of claims and defendants. What remains are claims that the Chief of Police (“Chief’) singled out the plaintiffs for discipline because of their race, and that the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City…

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3Cited by1 opinion

John A. Balcerzak and Joseph T. Gabrish v. City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Police Department, City of Milwaukee, Philip Arreola, ChiefCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998