AVERHART v. ARRENDONDO

No. 85-2231.

773 F.2d 919 (1985)

Rufus AVERHART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jose ARRENDONDO, Sheriff, Captain Jandury, and Officer Woodke, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus Averhart, Michigan City, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward H. Feldman, Lake County Atty. Office, Crown Point, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

On August 15 we dismissed this appeal because the notice of appeal had been filed after the 30 days allowed by federal law in a private civil case, such as this case is. See Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1). The appellant has asked for rehearing, and though we must deny it, the appellant's quandary moves us to invite the attention of our district judges to an unfortunate and remediable deficiency in the administration of justice by the federal courts.<...

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