United States Seventh Circuit

In a civil rights action, judgment to the defendants is affirmed where plaintiff failed to provide evidence that the police harmed her property or planted evidence, and where a directed verdict was properly granted given that plaintiff offered no evidence to support her claim that defendant injured her back.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/05/2003
• Decided 11/26/2003
• Published 11/26/2003

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jerry Serritella (argued), Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen L. Kendall, Craig L. Unrath (argued), Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.