POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to issue a writ of mandamus in unusual circumstances. On August 3, 1988, this panel dismissed Dean Patterson's appeal from the dismissal, on immunity grounds, of a civil rights damages claim arising out of his discharge from a tenured teaching position at a state university. The ground of our action was the absence of a final judgment order required by Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Patterson v. Portch,...
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