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DIXON v. CHRANS

No. 91-2998.

986 F.2d 201 (1993)

Anthony DIXON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James A. CHRANS, Dick Irving, S. Jordan, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1993.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsay P. Reichmann (argued), Richard B. Kapnick, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Brian F. Barov (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Criminal Appeals Div., Tanya Solov, Office of Atty. Gen., Civil Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Anthony Dixon from the sua sponte dismissal of his civil rights suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against officials of the Pontiac Correctional Center. We must decide whether the district court erred in applying an exception to an Illinois rule tolling the statute of limitations governing Dixon's suit. Because we conclude that the tolling exception that the district court applied is inconsistent with...

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