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John Z. Lee, United States District Judge MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Lu Aku ("Aku") filed this pro se lawsuit against his former employer, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago ("the Board"), D'Andre Weaver ("Weaver"), the principal at the school where Aku taught until 2014, and thirteen other defendants ("Non-Board Defendants"). Aku claims that the Board discrim

FLAUM, Chief Judge. Karen Horwitz began teaching full time at Avoca West Elementary School when the 1993 to 1994 school year began and continued to do so until she was terminated in April of 1999. Horwitz has raised numerous claims against the Board of Education of Avoca School District No. 37 (the “Board”), Dr. John W. Sloan, Dr. Venette Biancalana, and Dorothy Ballan-tyne. She

ORDER FREDERICK J. KAPALA, District Judge. Defendants’ motion to dismiss [38] is granted in part and denied in part. The official capacity claims are all dismissed. Counts I and II are dismissed against the individual defendants. Counts I and II are dismissed against NIU as to the hostile work environment claims. Count III is dismissed against defendants Hart, Cliffe, and Cunningham. Counts IV-

ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge. The plaintiff, Joe Bohannon (“Bohannon”), filed his complaint in this matter on October 31, 2013. (Docket # 1). In it, he alleges that Michael Vagnini (‘Vagnini”), a former police officer with the Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”), unlawfully strip-searched him near a public street, while MPD officer Matthew Gadzalinski (“Gadzalinski”) stood by and did nothing. (C

ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge. The plaintiff, Chavies Hoskin, filed his complaint in this matter on August 13, 2013. (Docket # 1). In it, he alleges that Michael Vagnini (“Vagnini”), a former police officer with the Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”) and one of the defendants, unlawfully strip-searched him near a public street, while Sergeant Jason Mucha (“Mucha”) and Officer Thomas Maglio (

ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge. The plaintiff, Kevin Freeman, Sr.,1 filed his complaint in this matter on August 13, 2013. (Docket # 1). In it, he alleges that Michael Vagnini (“Vagnini”), a former police officer with the Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”) and one of the defendants, unlawfully strip-searched him near a public street, while Jacob Knight (“Knight”) and

792 F.Supp.2d 992 (2011) Crandall COLLINS, Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF NORTH CHICAGO COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 187, et al., Defendants. Case No. 10-cv-03329. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. May 31, 2011. *995 Terence J. Moran, Karyn L. Bass Ehler, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym Lt

633 F.Supp.2d 682 (2009) Lyle FIKSE, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF IOWA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES and Linn Hall, in his Official Capacity as Director Of State Of Iowa Third Judicial District Department of Corrections Services, Defendants. No. C 08-4071-MWB. United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Western Division. July 2, 2009.

680 F.Supp.2d 957 (2010) Jane DOE 20, a minor through her mother and father and next friends, Julie Doe 20 and John Doe 20; and Jane Doe 21, a minor through her mother and father and next friends Julie Doe 21 and John Doe 21, Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the COMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5, McLean and Woodford Counties, James Braksick, Alan Chapman, Dale Heidbreder, John Pye, Edward Heineman, and Jon White, Defendants. <

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER JOHN Z. LEE, District Judge. Plaintiff Stephen Seth Hosick, a former employee of Chicago State University (“CSU”), has sued the CSU Board of Trustees (“Board”), former Board chairman Dr. Leon Finney, CSU Provost Sandra West-brooks in her individual and official capacity, and Erma Brooks Williams, the liaison between the Board and the CSU administration, in her in

399 F.Supp.2d 885 (2005) Susan WOLOTKA, Plaintiff v. SCHOOL TOWN OF MUNSTER, Defendant No. 2:02 CV 410. United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Hammond Division. November 7, 2005. *886 *887 *888 *889 Anna Marie Hearn

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 03-1329 STEVEN CHORTEK, GREG HEITZ, JERRY MASON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, ARTHUR L. JONES and CITY OF MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendants-Appellees. ____________ Appea

285 F.Supp.2d 1212 (2003) Ronald Lawrence JONES, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, et al., Defendants. No. 4:01 CV 1444 DDN. United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Eastern Division. August 6, 2003. As Amended by Supplemental Order August 11, 2003. *1213 Ronald L. Jones, St. Louis, MO, Pro se. Bryan T.

GARTH, Circuit Judge. On this appeal we review whether the District Court erred when it dismissed Keith A. Hill’s complaint charging Genna-ro Marino (the former Mayor of the Borough of Kutztown), and the Borough itself, with violating his rights under the United States Constitution, federal and state statutes, and the common law of Pennsylvania. The District Court dismissed Hill’s

356 F.3d 740 Steven CHORTEK, Greg Heitz, Jerry Mason, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Arthur L. Jones and City of Milwaukee Police Department, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-1329. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued September 9, 2003. Decided January 23, 2004. COPYRIGH

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge. To hear Officer James McGreal tell the story, something is rotten in the Village of Alsip. After running against the mayor and losing by a narrow margin, McGreal found himself the target of a campaign to remove him from his long-held post as an Alsip police officer. He sued the Village of Alsip, the town’s Chief of Police, a police lieutenant

140 F.Supp.2d 947 (2001) Anthony S. LENZO, Plaintiff, v. SCHOOL CITY OF EAST CHICAGO, Defendant. No. 2:96-CV-488-TS. United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Hammond Division. February 16, 2001. *948 James L. Wieser, Jill S. Swope, Wieser & Sterba, Schererville, IN, for Plaintiff. Terrance L. Smith, Smith and DeBoni

ORDER The district court resolved all of the federal claims in this lawsuit and remanded the remaining state-law claims to the Indiana court in which plaintiff Brooke Taflinger originally filed it. Defendants United States Swimming, Inc., and West-field Washington School Corporation appeal, arguing that the district court abused its discretion by not maintaining supplemental jurisdiction over the state-law claims. We vacate the district

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Virginia M. Kendall, United States District Court Judge Northern District of Illinois Plaintiff Lawrence Cox filed this five-count complaint against Calumet Public Schools District 132.and the School District’s Superintendent, Elizabeth Reynolds, for sex discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act-of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et- seq.); viol

Ronald A. Guzmán, United States District Judge For the reasons explained below, the District Defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' Fifth Amended Complaint is granted in part and denied in part, and the Attorney Defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's Fifth Amended Complaint is granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff S. Jain brought this case against Butler School District 53 (the "Distr