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Evidence Keyed to Park
Fields v. City of Chicago
Citation:
2018 WL 1652093Facts
Plaintiff brings civil rights action against defendants for the alleged deprivation of his constitutional rights. Plaintiff alleges that, on February 24, 2011, he was in his garage removing a license plate from his car when defendants Navez and Lomeli entered and Navez shot plaintiff in the abdomen without provocation. Plaintiff alleges that, after he was shot, no ambulance was called, and instead defendants Rivera, Guzman, and Pinal conferred with Navez and Lomeli about how to respond to the situation. After plaintiff was eventually taken to the hospital, he alleges that unknown Chicago police officers searched his home without a warrant or probable cause, leaving his home in disarray and damaging his property. Defendants dispute his account.
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