Easterling v. Thurmer

Clarence Easterling, a Wisconsin inmate, brought this action against correctional officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that they violated his constitutional rights to due process of law and freedom of association by denying him visits with his daughter in 2004 and 2013. With respect to the claims based on 2004 events, the district court dismissed on the pleadings. It ruled that they were time-*321barred. With respect to the claims based on 2013 events, it later entered summary-judgment for the defendants, concluding that other defenses blocked that claim.

The district court correctly ruled…