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McCURDY v. SHERIFF OF MADISON COUNTY

No. 97-1609.

128 F.3d 1144 (1997)

William McCURDY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHERIFF OF MADISON COUNTY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Margolis (argued), Muncie, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas R. Schultz, Thomas E. Deer (argued), Locke, Reynolds, Boyd & Weisel, Indianaplis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and ESCHBACH and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This is a suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Sheriff of Madison County, Indiana, complaining that by delaying the service of an arrest warrant for 20 months after it was issued by an Indiana state court the defendant made it more difficult for the plaintiff to put on an effective defense in the criminal prosecution growing out of the arrest, and in consequence the plaintiff was unjustly convicted. The district judge dismissed the suit...

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