United States Seventh Circuit

In an illegal possession of a firearm case, the district court's grant of summary judgment against plaintiff's claim of false arrest is affirmed. However, defendant's continued detention ordered by the judge was error where, under the Fourth Amendment, he could not be held in custody longer than 48 hours without probable cause that he committed a crime.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/30/2004
• Decided 08/10/2004
• Published 08/10/2004

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jon Loevy (argued), Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Meera Werth (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.