Mims v. City of Chicago

After serving 10 years in prison for a murder that an Illinois court later determined he did not commit, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the defendant City of Chicago and members of its police department alleging that his due process rights were violated by the concealment of exculpatory audio recordings. The district court determined that plaintiff failed to show that the detectives concealed or otherwise withheld the recording from the prosecutor and plaintiff appealed. The Seventh Circuit agreed and affirmed the district court’s entry of summary judgment for the defendants. (PRYOR and KOLAR, concurring)