INADA v. SULLIVAN

Nos. 74-1338, 75-1101.

523 F.2d 485 (1975)

Mafu INADA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sgt. Richard SULLIVAN, a Chicago Police Officer, and certain other Chicago Police Officers whose identities are unknown at present, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Cohn, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard L. Curry, Corp. Counsel, Jerome A. Siegan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and EAST, Senior District Judge.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Mafu Inada is a Japanese national who resides in the state of Illinois. On July 20, 1973 Inada filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois charging Richard Sullivan, a Chicago police officer, with various violations of his civil rights. This complaint was drafted and filed by Inada himself, and was prolix and rather confusing. The complaint was dismissed for failure to state a claim on February...

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