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HOLMES v. FISHER

No. 87-2280.

854 F.2d 229 (1988)

Cedrick HOLMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Stephen D. FISHER and County of Macon, Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Clifton, Urbana, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas H. Moody, Asst. State's Atty., Macon County, Decatur, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Cedrick Holmes was arrested without a warrant in March 1986 by police in Macon County, Illinois, and detained eight days before he was first taken to court for probable cause and bail hearings. (So the complaint alleges, and we must accept its allegations although the defendants say the arrest was supported by several warrants.) The amended complaint seeks equitable relief and damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; Holmes wants to represent...

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