Legal Opinion
Ashafa v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 1, 1998No. 97-2594PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.
On March 20, 1997, Kolawole Ashafa filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, naming the City of Chicago, the Superintendent for the Department of Police for the City, three named Chicago police officers, and four unnamed police officers as defendants. Ashafa alleged that his constitutional rights were violated during a confrontation with police on August 11, 1994. The district court dismissed Ashafa’s complaint for failure to file within the statutory period. Ashafa appeals, and for the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I. Background
Ashafa filed a § 1983…
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