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WILLIAMS v. LEACH

No. 90-1594.

938 F.2d 769 (1991)

Robert E. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William E. LEACH, Star Number 2369, individually and in his official capacity as an Illinois State Police Officer, Officer John Doe, individually and in his official capacity as an Illinois State Police Officer, Officer James Doe, individually and in his official capacity as an Illinois State Police Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gwendolyn D. Anderson, Anderson & Associates, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bart T. Murphy, Jennifer A. Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Civ. Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Robert Williams appeals the dismissal of his civil rights and tort action against defendant William Leach, a Sergeant with the Illinois Department of State Police. The district court dismissed Williams' suit because his counsel had failed to perfect service of process on Leach within the statutorily designated time period. Also, the district court noted that by the time Williams had filed his complaint, all of the underlying causes of action...

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