Opinion ID: 195639
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Heading: Officer Sadeck A. Officer Sadeck

Text: affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or things to be seized. 42 U.S.C. 1983 provides in relevant part: Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress. . . . Appellant also alleged in Count I that Sadeck, Meninno, and Sullivan were liable under 42 U.S.C. 1985. However, the 1985 claims were never discussed below, either by the parties or the court, and the record does not support a 1985 claim. See United Bhd. of Carpenters v. Scott, 463 U.S. 825, 834-37 (1983) (reaffirming that 1985 requires a showing of some racial, or perhaps otherwise class-based, animus behind the conspirators' actions); Griffin v. Breckenridge, 403 U.S. 88, 102-03 (1971) (explaining elements of a claim under 1985(3)). Hence, we consider Count I to include claims only under 1983. -14- Appellant's claim against Sadeck is based entirely on the allegation that he parked his vehicle on Mason Road before the collision, helping Officer Sullivan to create a staggered roadblock which led to appellant's injuries. The undisputed facts on the record show that Officer Sadeck did not arrive on Mason Road until after the accident and, therefore, was not causally connected to the injuries sustained by appellant. Consequently, Sadeck was entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the 1983 claim against him. See Lossman v. Pekarske, 707 F.2d 288, 291 (7th Cir. 1983) ([T]he principles of tort causation apply to constitutional as to other tort suits.).