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EADES v. THOMPSON

No. 86-2961.

823 F.2d 1055 (1987)

Joe EADES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James THOMPSON, Individually and as Governor of the State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Brady, Brady & Brady, Bloomington, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ann Plunkett-Sheldon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Joe Eades brought suit against defendant James Thompson, the governor of Illinois, and other state employees associated with the state correctional system. Eades alleged, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), that the state officials, acting under color of state law, had deprived him of certain rights guaranteed by the Constitution while he was incarcerated in the state's correctional system. The state officials responded...

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