INTHECIRCUITCOURTFORTHESIXTEENTHJUDICIALCIRCUITKANECOUNTY,ILLINOISPlaintiffs,PEOPLEOFTHESTATEOFILLINOISandTHECITYOFELGIN,ILLINOISNO.10CR4151Defendants.vs.TheLATINKINGS,etal.MOTIONTODISMISSDEFENDANTSELIASJUAREZ,SAULJUAREZ.RUBENSANCHEZ,ANDOSCARSANCHEZANDFORANAWARDOFATTORNEYS'FEESANDCOSTSOFMAINTAININGTHEIRDEFENSECOMENOWDefendantsEliasJuarez,SaulJuarez,RubenSanchez,andOscarSanchez("Movants"),bytheirattorneys,Mauck

Baker,LLC,andpursuantto735ILeS

5/2-619,

herebyrespectfullyrequeststhisCourttoenteranorderdismissingPlaintiffs'ComplaintInChanceryForInjunctionandDamagesagainstthem,andpursuantto775ILCS

35/20,

enteringanawardofattorneysfeesandcostsofmaintainingtheirdefense.Plaintiffs'ComplaintAgainstMovantsShouldbeDismissedBecauseMovantsarenotMembersoftheLatinKingsStreetgang

Plaintiffs'ComplaintInChanceryForInjunctionandDamagesseekstoimposeaninjunctiononMovantsrestrainingthemfromdoingvariousactivities,including:

•"Standing,sitting,walking,driving,gathering,meeting,orappearinganywhereinpublicviewwithDefendantLatinKings,anyotherspecificallynamedDefendantoranyotherLatinKinggangmember";•"Possessingonone'spersonoroutsideofone'shomeorplaceofemploymentany...bottle,brokenbottle,...pieceofglass,...rocks,bricks,...fireworks,...gasoline...";•"Possessingonone'spersonoroutsideofone'shomeorplaceofemploymentanypaint,spraypaint,marker...";•"Using,possessing,...plasticbaggies...".2.Aswillbeshown,Plaintiffs'causesofaction

againstMovantsare"barredbyotheraffirmativematteravoidingthelegaleffectofordefeatingtheclaim[s]."7351LCS2-619(a)(9).3."AMotiontodismissundersection2-619oftheIllinoisCodeofCivilProcedureadmitsallwell-pleadedfacts,butdoesnotadmiteitherconclusionsoflaworconclusionsoffactwhicharenotsupportedbyallegationsofspecificfact."

EconomyFire

CasualtyCo.v.GABBusinessServices,Inc.,

155Ill.App.3d197,201,507N.E.2d896,899(Ill.App.,3

Dist.1987).4."Thepurposeofasection2-619motiontodismissistoaffordlitigantsameanstodisposeofissuesoflawandeasilyprovedissuesoffactattheoutsetofa

TheaforesaidattemptstoenjoinMovantsraiseseriousquestionsundertheFirstAmendmentguaranteesoffreeexerciseandassociation.MovantsdonotbelievethecourtneedstoreachorevenconsidersuchargumentsunlessthecourtrulesthattheIllinoisStreetGangTerrorismOmnibusActappliestoex-gangmembers.2

5.AcauseofactionundertheIllinoisStreetgangTerrorismOmnibuscase,reservingdisputedquestionsoffactforajurytrial."

Valentinov.GlendaleNissan,Inc.,

317Ill.App..3d524,527(2ndDist.2000).PreventionActC'StreetgangAct")"shalllieagainst":

(1)

anystreetganginwhosename,forwhosebenefit,onwhosebehalf,orunderwhosedirectiontheactwascommitted;and(2)anygangofficerordirectorwhocauses,orders,suggests,authorizes,consentsto,agreesto,requests,acquiescesin,orratifiesanysuchact;and(3)andgangmemberwho,inthefurtheranceoforinconnectionwith,anygang-relatedactivity,commitsanysuchact;and

(4)anygangofficer,director,leader,ormember...

740ILCS

147/15

(b)(4)(emphasisadded).6.ThebasisforPlaintiffs'Complaintisrevealedintheallegationinparagraph3ofPlaintiffs'Complaint,wherePlaintiffslistnumerousdefendants,includingtheMovantsherein,andstatethatthey"aremembersoftheLatinKingsstreetgang."Thisisaconclusoryassertionagainstmovantsthatisunsupportedbyallegationsofspecificfact-,PlaintiffscouldjustaswellassertSenatorsDickDurbinandMarkKirkaremembersoftheLatinKings.Withoutsupporting7.A"streetgangmember"or"gangmember"isdefinedundertheaffidavitsorspecificfactsfromPlaintiffs,theMovantsrequiredismissal,StreetgangActas

anypersonwhoactuallyand

in,

factbelongstoagang,

andanypersonwhoknowinglyactsinthecapacityofanagentfororaccessoryto,orislegallyaccountablefor,orvoluntarilyassociateshimselfwithacourseorpatternofgang-relatedcriminalactivity,whetherinapreparatory,