WALLACE v. GREER

No. 85-2250.

821 F.2d 1274 (1987)

Floyd L. WALLACE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim GREER, Michael P. Lane, and Illinois Prison Review Board, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Eisenberg, Southern Illinois University, School of Law, Carbondale, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Cynthia M. Bretthauer, Office of Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and NOLAND, District Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Floyd L. Wallace appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment on his claim that he was unlawfully incarcerated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm.

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On October 10, 1975, Wallace was convicted of burglary in Madison County, Illinois and sentenced to a term of not less than two but not more than six years of imprisonment. Subsequent to the adoption of the new sentencing law in Illinois...

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