Sroga v. Weiglen, No. 10-2164 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit (42 U.S.C. 1983) based on three arrests: one for disorderly conduct for his attempts to dissuade a city employee from towing his car; a second, months later, for theft of lost or mislaid property after he got into another spat with a city employee, who was trying to tow his vehicles; a third arrest, more than a year later, was for criminal trespass to state-supported land, and followed his release from police custody after another arrest, not challenged in this case. None of the challenged arrests resulted in prosecution. The district court rejected the claims on summary judgment. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, concluding that there was probable cause for the arrests, but stated that the Chicago police did not emerge "untarnished."
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