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N.D. Illinois· 9/3/2014

Boothe ex rel. K.C. v. Sherman

Citations

  • 66 F. Supp. 3d 1069
  • 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122396
  • 2014 WL 4362842

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that conspiracy allegations are intimately related to underlying criminal proceeding because a finding in plaintiff’s favor would warrant vacating the conviction
  • “[S]aying that a § 1983 conspiracy charge is unnecessary or duplicative is not the same as saying that it is prohibited.”
  • Younger abstention applies to §1983 claim of excessive force upon arrest where claimant is charged with resisting arrest and prosecution is ongoing
  • abstaining under Younger where plaintiff was charged with resisting arrest

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Judges: Feinerman

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