Carver v. Adams County Sheriff Nall

On October 22, 1997, defendant Adams County Sheriffs Merit Commission (Commission) notified plaintiff, Kathy Carver, that it was suspending her for 10 days without pay. Thirty-five days later, on November 26, Carver filed a complaint for administrative review in the circuit court (735 ILCS 5/3 — 102 (West 1996)), but she did not have summonses issued until December 3. The circuit court dismissed the complaint because Carver failed to have summonses issued within 35 days of the Commission’s serving its decision upon her, as required by the Administrative Review Law (Act) (735 ILCS 5/3 — 103, 3…