Holmes v. Village of Hoffman Estates

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2007-12-26

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ROVNER, Circuit Judge. After a jury acquitted plaintiff Darius Holmes of charges that he committed a battery upon police officers Martin Piatek and Matthew Teipel and resisted Teipel’s efforts to arrest him, Holmes filed suit against the officers and their municipal employers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming false arrest and the use of excess…

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