Chicago Man Sues Police officers Over Bogus [Yes Ghost Tickets!], Retaliatory Parking Tickets.

Illegally issued Chicago parking ticketsissued by police - $1,985 in phony parking tickets issued. Man fights back with federal legal action.

Chicago parking ticketA motorist filed a federal court action against Chicago, Illinois police officers who issued twenty-four bogus parking tickets against him during the period of fourteen months. The tickets arrived in groups of three and four and were for violations that frequently contradicted one another,e.g requiring the vehicle to be in more than one place at any given time. Mark Geinosky suspects they conspired against him to extract payback on behalf of his ex-wife.

In a brief to the court Mr. Geinosky's lawyer indicated that "Plaintiff alleges that he received tickets for violations which never occurred, and which the defendant officers knew had not occurred, as part of a deliberate campaign by officers in Unit 253 to harass him,"Plaintiff was forced, over and over again, to respond to bogus parking tickets which the defendant officers gave him for malicious reasons."

Mark Geinosky separated from his wife of twenty years, Sharon, on October 6, 2007. As part of their splitting up, Sharon Geinosky continued driving a Toyota that had been registered in Mark Geinosky's name. Within twelve days, Mark Geinosky began receiving parking tickets in the mail in groups of three and four worth around $300 per set. Alleged violations included parking in front of a fire hydrant, parking in a crosswalk and blocking a roadway.

 Over several months, Mr. Geinosky appealed each citation and won before administrative law officers who separately found that all the parking tickets to be unfounded. When Geinosky registered a complaint with the police internal affairs division, he was put off by an officer who explained that the division did not look into parking tickets. In September 2008, Geinosky sold the Toyota and got a new license plate. Nevertheless, on October 7, Officers Kenneth Wilkerson issued three more parking tickets worth $250 for parking at 7379 South Chicago at 10pm.

"In fact, it was impossible for Plaintiff to commit the alleged violations as he was no longer in possession of the Toyota," Louis J. Meyer Mr. Geinosk's attorney wrote.

 An additional batch of parking tickets showed up in December and Geinosky had no option but to call the Chicago Tribune to draw attention to his plight. In March 2010, Geinosky sued against Wilkerson and his fellow Chicago Police officers Steven Sabatino, Horst Hegewald, William Whelehan, Paul Roque, Jennifer Fregeau, Brian Reidy and Luis Aguilar. All of whom were assigned to Unit 253. For their part, the police officers denied any wrongdoing through the city attorneys who contended that Geinosky has already seen justice done.

"Although he successfully contested each of these tickets before an administrative law officer, plaintiff now asserts that he is entitled to recover compensatory and punitive damages for violations of his constitutional rights," Colleen G. DeRosa the city of Chicago attorney wrote. "Thus, plaintiff has not alleged any deficiency in the appeals process, as he successfully exercised his rights and each of these tickets has been dismissed."

Also argued that the statute of limitations is two years for a Section 1983 claim

"Defendants' alleged issuance of parking tickets constitutes discretionary police conduct that falls beyond the parameters of an actionable class of one equal protection claim," DeRosa wrote.

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