Legal Opinion
James R. Wilson v. Linda A. Giesen, County of Lee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 1992No. 91-1013PublishedCited by 232 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
James Wilson, an inmate at the Stateville Correctional Center, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his civil rights complaint. The district court found that Wilson had not filed his complaint within the applicable statute of limitations. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Wilson is an inmate in the Illinois prison system. Construed liberally, his pro se complaint alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by state correctional officials, as well as a conspiracy between these officials and Lee County to violate his first amendment, 1 due process, and…
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