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FORD v. CHILDERS

No. 84-3378.

650 F.Supp. 110 (1986)

Larry FORD, Plaintiff, v. David CHILDERS, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer with the Taylorville Police Department; Roger Jones, individually and in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the Taylorville Police Department; and City of Taylorville, Illinois, a municipal corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

December 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Taseff, St. Louis, Mo., Michael S. Baird, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Frederick P. Velde, Patrick Londrigan, Springfield, Ill., for defendants.

OPINION ORDER

MILLS, District Judge:

Ford robbed a bank.

He was shot while fleeing from the scene.

Can he now sue the officer who shot him for violating his civil rights?

Of course not!

Larry Ford brought this lawsuit — under the pretext of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 — alleging a deprivation of his rights secured by the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Specifically, he claimed...

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