FARMER v. LANE

No. 87-3149.

864 F.2d 473 (1988)

Darrell FARMER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael LANE, Doug Brown, Linda Williamson, Jay Delicandro, Rocco Biscaglia, and Reid Paxson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Fleming, Wahler Pecyna & Fleming, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

In this case Darrell Farmer, a probationary employee with the Illinois Department of Corrections (the "DOC"), attempts to assert an infringement of constitutionally-protected interests through a tangled web of procedural and state law problems. Farmer brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that upon completion of his probationary period, he was wrongfully denied certification in retaliation for his decision to run for political...

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