United States Seventh Circuit

Plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim for false arrest must be reinstated. Though the two-year statute of limitations in such cases normally runs from the time of arrest, if, as alleged, plaintiff was arrested and prosecuted solely on the basis of drugs planted by the arresting officers, his claim would not begin to accrue until the charges were dismissed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/12/2003
• Decided 03/22/2004
• Published 03/22/2004

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Lawrence Rosenthal (argued), Mara S. Georges, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.