HILL v. MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS

No. 20-1307.

983 F.3d 904 (2020)

Hubert D. HILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, and Randy Young, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amir H. Ali , Attorney, Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center, Washington, DC, Elizabeth B. Deutsch , Attorney, Ian Heath Gershengorn , Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Hubert D. Hill, Pro Se.

Heidi L. Eckert , Attorney, FordHarrison LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.

Megan Lacy Owen , Attorney, C. Kevin Marshall , Attorney, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Megan Lacy Owen.

Before Easterbrook, Kanne, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Hubert Hill filed a suit in state court, asking a judge to compel Randy Young, his prison's warden, to mail two complaints that Hill wanted to file in federal court. Young and Madison County, the other defendant, removed Hill's suit to federal court, as they were entitled to do because Hill based his claim on the First...

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