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JOHNSON v. KAMMINGA

No. 93-1869.

34 F.3d 466 (1994)

Anthony JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard KAMMINGA, G. Brown, Lieutenant Dave Conover, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied September 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold S. Solovy, Barry Sullivan, Kenneth A. Wittenberg (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jan E. Hughes, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Civil Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Richard Kamminga, G.E. Brown, Dave Conover.

Terrence T. Rock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, IL, for Lieutenant Knop, M.J. Ellis, L.L. Grace, Sergeant Michael P. Lane, James H. Thieret.

Before BAUER, WOOD, Jr., and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 30, 1994.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This case stems from a civil rights complaint which had languished in the district court for over seven years due, for the most part to the pretrial delays of the plaintiff, Anthony Johnson. After Johnson failed to appear in court on the first day of trial, the district court finally put an end to the delay, dismissing the case with prejudice for failure to prosecute...

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