By: Derek Hawkins//September 9, 2019//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Sherard Martin v. Davis Marinez, et al.
Case No.: 17-2667
Officials: RIPPLE, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Damages
Sherard Martin appeals the district court’s grant of partial summary judgment, Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, on his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Chicago and several of its police officers for false arrest and unlawful search. Martin’s suit proceeded to trial, where a jury awarded him $1.00 in damages after finding that two of the defendants lacked reasonable suspicion or probable cause to detain him. The jury found against Martin and in favor of the officers on the remainder of his claims. Martin appeals, challenging only the district court’s pretrial grant of partial summary judgment to the defendants, which limited the damages Martin could seek at trial. We affirm.
Affirmed