District Court, N.D. Illinois March 28, 2002, 00 C 1834 (Mearday v. City of Chicago)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

This lawsuit involves the difficult issue of police misconduct. The plaintiff Jeremiah Mearday (“Mearday”) was the prior victim of an excessive police force incident which occurred on September 26, 1997, and which ultimately led to the dismissal of two police officers on March 12, 1998.