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LEWELLEN v. MORLEY

No. 88-3242.

875 F.2d 118 (1989)

Richard LEWELLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William MORLEY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Touhy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mark A. Flessner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Richard Lewellen filed this Bivens suit seeking damages on account of his arrest and detention by federal agents in January 1983. Under Anton v. Lehpamer, 787 F.2d 1141 (7th Cir.1986), the plaintiff in an action filed in Illinois under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 has five years from the time of the events or two years from the Supreme Court's decision in Wilson v. Garcia, 471...

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