TARKOWSKI v. COUNTY OF LAKE

Nos. 84-2953, 85-1060.

775 F.2d 173 (1985)

John TARKOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LAKE; Dennis Ryan, as an individual and as State's Attorney of Lake County; and David Weidenfeld, as an individual and as Assistant State's Attorney of Lake County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Tarkowski, pro se.

Gail Tuler Friedman, Asst. State's Atty., Waukegan, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before ESCHBACH, POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 18, 1985.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

John Tarkowski, appearing pro se, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his civil rights suit (42 U.S.C. § 1983) against an Illinois county and various officials thereof, while the defendants cross-appeal from the district court's denial of their motion for an award of slightly less than $2,000 in attorney's fees incurred to defend against Tarkowski's action.

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