District Court, C.D. Illinois May 22, 2012, Case No. 4:10-cv-04031-SLD-JAG (DeMont v. Bebber)

ORDER & OPINION

SARA DARROW, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In the spring of 2010, Plaintiff Betty J. DeMont (“DeMont”) filed a complaint in Illinois state court against Defendant Dan Bebber (“Bebber”) alleging two causes of action: (1) a constitutional violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“§ 1983”) and (2) the state law claim of fraudulent misrepresen*804tation.