HARRIS v. KUBA

No. 05-3357.

486 F.3d 1010 (2007)

Keith HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dennis KUBA and Edward Muzzey, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Baker (argued), Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jerald S. Post (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

In 1979, a jury convicted Keith Harris of armed robbery and attempted murder, and an Illinois judge sentenced him to fifty years in prison. After spending more than twenty years in prison, then-Governor George Ryan granted Harris a full pardon based on innocence and expunged the conviction on January 10, 2003. Harris claims that he was falsely convicted based on the actions of two police officers,...

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