United States Seventh Circuit

Individual police officers are not entitled to immunity to a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging false arrest and excessive force, where reasonable officers in their position would know that their actions violated the Constitution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/05/2002
• Published 11/05/2002

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth N. Flaxman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Russell W. Hartigan, Chicago, IL, Yvonne Kato (argued), Hartigan & Cuisinier, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.