United States Seventh Circuit

An Illinois Department of Agriculture animal welfare investigator was entitled to summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, as evidence did not show that he acquired or intended to acquire physical control over plaintiff under the Fourth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/01/2002
• Decided 08/22/2003
• Published 08/22/2003

Judges

• HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, BAUER and WOOD, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rene Hernandez (Argued), Rockford, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Diane M. Potts (Argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.