Legal Opinion
Akbaar-El v. Shelley
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 28, 1986No. 85 C 1037PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
NORGLE, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Amin Akbaar-El, brought this lawsuit against John Shelley, the Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983. Shelley filed a motion to dismiss contending 1) the doctrine of res judicata bars this lawsuit and 2) the Complaint fails to state a claim for relief. Res judicata cannot be used to bar this lawsuit, but Shelley’s motion to dismiss must be granted because the complaint fails to state a claim on any theory. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6).
The facts alleged in the Complaint, and taken as true for the purposes of this…
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