Legal Opinion
Billy B. Tucker v. Sheriff Randall and Lieutenant Speenburg
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 22, 1991No. 89-2812PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Billy B. Tucker is confined in the Pontiac Correctional Center in Pontiac, Illinois. In August 1988 he filed a two-count pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Sheriff Richard Randall and Lieutenant Albert Speenburg, officers of the Kendall County, Illinois jail. Judge Marovich dismissed plaintiff’s complaint in August 1989 “for failure of plaintiff to respond to briefing schedule set up on defendants’ motion to dismiss.” Plaintiff claims that the district court erred in dismissing his complaint without ruling on his pending request for appointment…
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