Krob v. Chicago Police Department et al

Filing 4

MEMORANDUM Order Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 6/26/2012:Mailed notice(srn, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION

THOMAS J. KROB,
Plaintiff,
v.
CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 12 C 4975

MEMORANDUM ORDER
Thomas Krob ("Krob") has sued the Chicago Police Department ("Department") and the
City of Chicago ("City"), invoking the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act of 1994 and the similar Illinois statute because of the asserted failure to reemploy him
after he was discharged from active duty in the Illinois Air National Guard. Although this Court
is contemporaneously issuing its customary initial scheduling order, this memorandum order is
issued sua sponte because of a procedural flaw in Krob's Complaint.
As its name indicates, Department is not a legal entity with power to sue and be sued -indeed, Complaint ¶5 essentially recognizes that. That being the case, the City is Krob's
employer and will be treated as the sole defendant here.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: June 26, 2012.