United States Seventh Circuit

In an action stemming from an allegedly unlawful arrest brought under 42 U.S.C sec. 1983, district court judgment is affirmed where plaintiff failed to establish the existence of a genuine issue of material fact concerning whether the officer had probable cause to arrest him for battery, and probable cause is an absolute bar to a 42 U.S.C sec. 1983 claim for false arrest.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/07/2009
• Decided 08/11/2009
• Published 08/11/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before POSNER, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard L. Steagall (argued), Nicoara & Steagall, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• L. Lee Smith, Garth Madison (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, Clifton J. Mitchell, City of Peoria, Peoria, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.