Dobbey v. Illinois Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2009-07-28

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. The district judge dismissed this prisoner’s civil rights suit ( 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ), which names the Illinois Department of Corrections, along with prison personnel, as defendants. He dismissed the suit before service of process, on the authority of 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, which so far as bears on this case directs dismissal…

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