Daniels v. Sheahan

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

This case presents a footnote in the' storied history of politics and corruption in Chicago. In 1990, Michael Sheahan, a Democrat, won an election and became the Sheriff of Cook County. Shortly thereafter, the FBI came knocking on his door. The agents asked for his cooperation in their investigation of corruption in the administration of his predecessor, James O’Grady, a Republican. Sheahan agreed and starting in the fall of 1993 a tale of “endemic corruption” in the hiring practices of the Sheriffs Office unfolded in the courts and the media.…