Moorer v. City of Chicago

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendants-police officials’ motion for summary judgment in plaintiff’s section 1983 action, alleging that defendants lacked probable cause to arrest and detain him on murder and attempted murder charges. While plaintiff claimed that police coached and otherwise falsified several identifications of him as culprit, Ct. of Appeals found that police had probable cause to arrest defendant on said charges, where: (1) seven individuals independently identified plaintiff as culprit; and (2) defendant did not allege that the identifications from these individuals were falsified or coached. Ct. of Appeals further noted that plaintiff had failed to point to any evidence to establish that said identifications were so incredible such that no officer could believe that said witnesses were telling truth.