United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for officers in a 18 U.S.C. 1983 suit alleging false imprisonment, false arrest, and illegal search and seizure is affirmed where: 1) a protective search for weapons of both defendant's person and briefcase was warranted and no issue of material fact was presented; 2) the officers were justified in initiating a Terry stop because of defendant's presence outside a courthouse hours before it opened, his appearance and his evasiveness; and 3) the officers did not exceed the permissible scope and duration of the Terry stop.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/03/2006
• Published 11/03/2006

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William P. Ferranti (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Devine, Donald J. Pechous, Dominick L. Lanzito (argued), Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.