Legal Opinion
James Hoskins v. John Poelstra
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 28, 2003No. 02-2814PublishedCited by 476 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
According to the complaint that James Hoskins filed pro se, employees of Milwaukee entered his land, demolished his dog house, and ripped up his flower bed. Building Inspector Michael Pitts told Hos-kins that this had been done because the dog house and flower bed were on the City’s land; Hoskins believes that they were on his side of the property line and that the searches and seizures are attributable to city officials’ efforts to abet a private land-acquisition scheme. Moreover, Hoskins contends, the City demolished his property 27 days after giving him 30 days…
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