IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

DEMETRIUS JOHNSON,

 

Plaintiff,

v.

REYNALDO GUEVARA, the ESTATE of 

ERNEST HALVERSON, DARRYL DALEY, 

WILLIAM ERICKSON, JOHN HEALY, and 

the CITY OF CHICAGO

Defendants.

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Case No. 20 cv 4156 

Judge Sara L. Ellis 

Magistrate Judge Heather K. McShain

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

DEFENDANTS HALVORSEN, DALEY, ERICKSON AND HEALY’S 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Defendants Halvorsen, Daley, Erickson and Healy by their attorneys, The Sotos Law 

Firm, P.C., and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 and L.R. 56.1, respectfully submit this motion for 

summary judgment and state: 

1. This lawsuit arises from Plaintiff’s arrest, prosecution and conviction for the June 

12, 1991 murder of Edwin Fred that took place in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. 

2. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants Halvorsen, Daley, Erickson and Healy 

(“Movants”) violated his fair trial rights by withholding and fabricating evidence, and used 

suggestive identification tactics to obtain identifications of Plaintiff and withheld evidence in 

violation of Brady evidence (Count I). Plaintiff further alleges Fourth Amendment unlawful 

pretrial detention claims and state law malicious prosecution claims (Counts II and VI), failure to 

intervene claims (Count III), federal and state civil conspiracy claims (Counts IV and IX) and 

state law claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and willful and wanton conduct 

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(Counts VII and VIII).

3. After extensive discovery, Plaintiff has been unable to develop any credible 

evidence supporting his claims against Movants. 

4. Accordingly, Defendants Daley and Healy seek summary judgment on all 

Plaintiff’s claims based on their lack of involvement and knowledge of alleged violations of 

Plaintiff’s rights. 

5. Defendants Erickson and Halvorsen move for summary judgment on all Plaintiff’s 

claims because the undisputed evidence reveals Plaintiff lacks sufficient evidence to support his 

claims. 

6. In further support of this motion, Movants rely on their Memorandum of Law in 

Support of Summary Judgment and their Rule 56.1 Joint Statement of Undisputed Material Facts.

WHEREFORE, Movants respectfully request this Court enter an order granting them 

summary judgment and for such further relief as the Court deems appropriate.

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Dated: April 12, 2024 Respectfully Submitted,

 /s/ Josh M. Engquist 

Josh M. Engquist, Atty. No. 6242849 

One of the Attorneys for the Individual 

Defendants

Josh M. Engquist 

James G. Sotos

Josh M. Engquist 

David A. Brueggen 

Elizabeth R. Fleming

Daniel McGinnis 

Special Assistant Corporation Counsel

THE SOTOS LAW FIRM, P.C.

141 W. Jackson, Suite 1240A 

Chicago, IL 60604

(630) 735-3300 

jengquist@jsotoslaw.com

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Josh M. Engquist, certify under penalty of perjury pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1746 that 

the foregoing is true and correct, that on Friday, April 12, 2024, I electronically filed the foregoing 

Defendants Halvorsen, Daley, Erickson and Healy’s Motion for Summary Judgment with the 

Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the 

attorneys of record on the below Service List. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff:

Jon Loevy 

Anand Swaminathan 

Joshua Tepfer

Rachel Brady

Steven Art 

Sean Starr

Alyssa Martinez

Margaret Gould

LOEVY & LOEVY

311 N. Aberdeen, 3rd Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60607 

312-243-5900 

jon@loevy.com

anand@loevy.com

josh@loevy.com

brady@loevy.com

steve@loevy.com

sean@loevy.com

alyssa@loevy.com

gould@loevy.com

Attorneys for City of Chicago:

Eileen E. Rosen

Austin G. Rahe 

Catherine M. Barber

Theresa B. Carney

Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC 

321 N. Clark, Suite 2200 

Chicago, Illinois 60654 

312-494-1000 

erosen@rfclaw.com

arahe@rfclaw.com

cbarber@rfclaw.com

tcarney@rfclaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant Guevara: 

Thomas M. Leinenweber

Michael J. Schalka

James V. Daffada

Leinenweber Baroni & Daffada

120 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2000 

Chicago, IL 60602

(312) 663-3003 

thomas@ilesq.com

mjs@ilesq.com

jim@ilesq.com

/s/ Josh M. Engquist 

Josh M. Engquist

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