District Court, N.D. Illinois November 2, 2011, 10 C 4551 (Tillman v. Burge)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Michael Tillman served nearly 24 years in prison for a July 1986 rape and murder before his conviction was vacated and the charges dismissed by a Cook County Special Prosecutor in January 2010. He received a certifícate of innocence from the Circuit Court of Cook County in February 2010.