United States Seventh Circuit

Defendants were entitled to qualified immunity to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law claims, where at the time a police officer directed plaintiff to leave a house, even if an unreasonable seizure occurred, the alleged acts were not clearly established to constitute a constitutional violation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/13/2002
• Decided 11/13/2002
• Published 11/13/2002

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John L. Stainthorp (Argued), People's Law Office, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• William W. Kurnik (Argued), Michelle J. Hirsch, Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, Donald Render-Kaplan (Argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.