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THOMAS v. GISH

No. 94-2255.

64 F.3d 323 (1995)

Clifton THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald GISH, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied October 18, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Palmer (argued), May, Oberfell & Lorber, South Bend, IN, for Clifton Thomas.

Susan Frederick Rhodes, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Chicago, IL, Serge J. Adams, Office of Atty. Gen., Springfield, IL, for Donald Gish, Delores McDonald, Medical Technician Rushely, Judy Isreall, Doctor Conklin and John Doe.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 18, 1995.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The threshold question concerning this appeal from the dismissal of a prisoner's civil rights suit is whether we have appellate jurisdiction. Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988), holds that a prisoner who does not have a lawyer is deemed to file his notice of appeal from an adverse judgment when...

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