CRUZ v. STASINOPOULOS

No. 93 C 6286.

843 F.Supp. 435 (1994)

Bruce CRUZ, a minor by his mother and next friend, Gladys Torres, Plaintiffs, v. Nicholas STASINOPOULOS, individually, and Lester Rumowski, individually, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

February 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Edward Weaver and Robert C. Gislason, Law Office of George E. Weaver, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs.

Robert W. Barber, John F. McGuire, and Mary Margaret Murray, Corp. Counsel, City of Chicago Law Dept., Chicago, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

Lester Rumowski and Nicholas Stasinopoulos are police officers who, it is alleged, falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted Bruce Cruz as well as using excessive force against him. Three counts allege these acts as violation of federal civil rights laws and three counts allege them again as violations of state law. The defendants will answer all but one count. They ask dismissal of the federal...

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