Rashad Swanigan v. City of Chicago

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• holding that the district court erred in dismissing a case because the plaintiff had retained the right to amend his complaint as a matter of course even though more than 21 days had passed since it was served and no answer or responsive pleading had yet been filed
• cautioning that “district courts cannot prevent plaintiffs from deprivation. First Midwest Bank Guardian of Est. of LaPorta v. City of Chicago, 988 F.3d 978, 986 (7th Cir. 2021). Three types of actions can support Monell liability: (1) an express policy; (2
• applying Rule 15(a)(1)(B) where the pleading at issue was a complaint
• A “verdict in favor of individual defendants would not necessarily be inconsistent with a plaintiff’s verdict on a factually distinct Monell claim.”
• “a verdict in favor of individual defendants would not necessarily be inconsistent with a plaintiff’s verdict on a factually distinct Monell claim”
• “a verdict in favor of individual defendants would not necessarily be inconsistent with a plaintiff’s verdict on a factually distinct Monell claim”

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