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NEWSOME v. JAMES

No. 96 C 7680.

968 F.Supp. 1318 (1997)

James NEWSOME, Plaintiff, v. Bruce JAMES, James W. Eckner, David Dioguardi, John McCabe, Raymond McNally, Theatrice Patterson, and Olivia Russell, Officers of the Chicago Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

July 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Locke E. Bowman, III, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

David Mitchell Zinder, Eileen Ellen Rosen, Kevin Joseph Powers, John F. McGuire, Joseph M. Polick, City of Chicago, Law Dept. Corp. Counsel, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PLUNKETT, District Judge.

James Newsome ("Newsome") spent fifteen years in prison for a murder he did not commit. After his release and pardon, he sued the defendant Chicago police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ("Section 1983") for their roles in his arrest and prosecution. The defendants have moved to dismiss on a variety of grounds. For the reasons set forth in this memorandum opinion and order, the motion is...

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