WORTHINGTON v. WILSON

Nos. 92-2273, 92-2425.

8 F.3d 1253 (1993)

Richard WORTHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Dave WILSON and Jeff Wall, Defendants-Appellees, and Village of Peoria Heights, Defendant/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Morris, Peoria, IL (argued), for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard Worthington, pro se.

Charles D. Knell, Jeanne L. Wysocki (argued), Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, Peoria, IL, for defendants and defendant-appellant.

Before MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

In his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, Richard Worthington claimed that while being arrested the arresting officers purposely injured him. When he filed suit on the day the statute of limitations expired, he named "three unknown named police officers" as defendants. Worthington later sought to amend the complaint to substitute police officers Dave Wilson and Jeff Wall for the unknown officers. The district court concluded that the relation...

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