United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-1463 NATHANIEL PRYOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHAEL CORRIGAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 1:17-cv-01968 — Steven C. Seeger, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED FEBRUARY 5, 2024 — DECIDED DECEMBER 23, 2024 ____________________

Before ROVNER, BRENNAN, and KIRSCH, Circuit Judges. BRENNAN, Circuit Judge. After receiving a tip about drug activity linked to a van in a specific area of Aurora, Illinois, officers pulled over a vehicle that fit the description. Once the van stopped, Nathaniel Pryor and another man exited quickly. An officer yelled to Pryor to get on the ground, ran to him, took him down, struck him twice, and later searched him. Although officers determined that Pryor was not 2