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1、Starksv.CityOfWaukeganetalDoc.459UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTFORTHENORTHERNDISTRICTOFILLINOISEASTERNDIVISIONBENNIESTARKS,))Plaintiff,)09C348)vs.)JudgeFeinerman)CITYOFWAUKEGAN,WILLIAMBIANG,ARTIS)YANCEY,asSpecialRepresentativeofDeceased)DefendantMIGUELJUAREZ,DAVIDDEPREZ,CARL)HAGSTRO
2、M,RUSSELLSCHNEIDER,SHARON)THOMAS-BOYD,andNORTHEASTERNILLINOIS)REGIONALCRIMELABORATORY,))Defendants.)))SHARONTHOMAS-BOYD,))Cross-Plaintiff,))vs.))CITYOFWAUKEGANandNORTHEASTERN)ILLINOISREGIONALCRIMELABORATORY,))Cross-Defendants.)MEMORANDUMOPINIONANDORDERBennieStarksspenttwentyyea
3、rsinprisonfora1986rapeandassaultthathesayshedidnotcommit.Inthissuit,StarksallegesthatWaukeganpoliceofficersWilliamBiang,DavidDeprez,andMiguelJuarez(collectively,withtheCityofWaukegan,“WaukeganDefendants”),dentistsRussellSchneiderandCarlHagstrom(together,“DentistDefendants”),and
4、forensicserologistSharonThomas-Boydconspiredtoanddidviolatehisfederaldueprocessrightsinconnectionwithhiscriminalprosecution,andthattheyconspiredtoanddidmaliciouslyprosecuteandintentionallyinflictemotionaldistressonhiminviolationofIllinoiscommonlaw.1Dockets.Justia.comDoc.259.Sta
5、rksalsoallegesthattheCityofWaukeganandtheNortheasternIllinoisRegionalCrimeLaboratory(“NIRCL”),Thomas-Boyd’semployer,areresponsibleunderboththecommonlawandtheIllinoisTortImmunityAct,745ILCS10/9-102,forpayinganyjudgmentsthathemightobtainagainsttheindividualdefendants;Thomas-Boydh
6、asfiledacross-claimtosimilareffectagainstbothentities.Docs.230,259.Athree-weekjurytrialissettocommenceonAugust17,2015.Docs.338,397.EveryoneexceptStarkshasmovedforsummaryjudgment.Docs.309,312,316,319,325,329.Thomas-BoydalsohasmovedthecourttodeclareIllinois’scertificateofinnocenc
7、estatute,735ILCS5/2-702,unconstitutional,Doc.386,andtheAttorneyGeneralofIllinoishasintervenedtodefendthestatute’sconstitutionality,Docs.399,401.Forthefollowingreasons,DentistDefendants’andNIRCL’ssummaryjudgmentmotionsaregranted,WaukeganDefendants’andThomas-Boyd’ssummaryjudgment
8、motionsaregrantedinpartanddeniedinpart,andThomas-Boyd’
