Michael et al v. City of Granite City IL et al

Filing 88

CLERK'S JUDGMENT entered on Bench Trial held April of 2008. (See Judgment for specifics.) Approved by Judge William D. Stiehl on 3/27/09. (skp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS MIA MICHAEL, DANIEL MICHAEL, and ANGELA MICHAEL, ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) THE CITY OF GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, ) a Municipal Corporation, EDWARD ) HAGNAUER, Mayor of the City of Granite ) City, in his official and individual capacities, ) RICHARD MILLER, Chief of Police of Granite ) City, in his official and individual capacities, ) and Granite City Police Officers MERZ and ) NOVASICH, in their individual capacities, ) ) Defendants. )

Cause No. 06-CV-01-WDS

JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE
DECISION BY COURT. This matter is before the court regarding the Bench Trial held in this case in April of 2008. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that pursuant to the Order of this Court dated March 27, 2009, judgment is entered in FAVOR of defendants the Mayor of Granite City, Edward Hagnaure, sued in his official and individual capacities; the Chief of Police, Richard Miller, sued in his official and individual capacities; and Granite City police officers Tony Merz and Nicholas Novasich, both of whom are sued in their individual capacities and AGAINST plaintiffs Mia Michael, Angela Michael and Daniel Michael on all claims raised by plaintiffs in the First Amended Complaint. IT IS FURTHER HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that pursuant to the Orders of this Court dated May 16, 2007 and March 27, 2009, judgment is entered in FAVOR of plaintiffs Mia Michael, Angela Michael and Daniel Michael and AGAINST the defendant the City of Granite City, a municipal corporation, only on plaintiff's claims with respect to Ordinance 7878. Judgment is further entered in FAVOR of defendant The City of Granite City, a municipal corporation, and AGAINST plaintiffs Mia Michael, Angela Michael and Daniel Michael on all remaining claims in the First Amended Complaint. IT IS FURTHER HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that pursuant to the Order of this Court dated March 27, 2009, the Court further found that plaintiffs' damages on their claim with respect to Ordinance 7878 were minimal, and that plaintiffs suffered little damage, including emotional damage, in light of the fact that the Ordinance was never put into effect, nor exercised against the plaintiffs, or others. Accordingly, the Court AWARDED damages on this claim jointly to plaintiffs Mia Michael, Angela Michael and Daniel Michael in the amount of $300.

DATED this 27th day of March, 2009. JUSTINE FLANAGAN, ACTING CLERK

BY: APPROVED: s/WILLIAM D. STIEHL U. S. District Judge

s/Sandy Pannier Deputy Clerk