Legal Opinion
Marcus Muhammad v. Del Pearson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 2018No. 15-3044PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hamilton, Circuit Judge.
When Officer Del Pearson and other Chicago police officers executed a search warrant for "apartment 1" at a Chicago address, there was a problem with the warrant. Apartment 1 did not exist. The building contained an apartment 1A and an apartment 1B. Pearson and the other officers actually searched apartment 1A. They did not find the drugs and related items they were seeking.
The occupants of apartment 1A then filed this suit against Officer Pearson under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating their Fourth Amendment rights through unlawful entry and false arrest. Both sides…
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