Legal Opinion
Edward Bontkowski v. Brian Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 26, 2002No. 01-3342PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit that is going nowhere; but the district court, by granting a motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), buried it prematurely because a few faint signs of life remained. A frequent filer (see Bontkowski v. United States, 28 F.3d 36 (7th Cir.1994); Bontkowski v. First National Bank of Cicero, 998 F.2d 459 (7th Cir.1993); Bontkowski v. Jenkins, 661 F.Supp. 576 (N.D.Ill.1987), aff'd, 860 F.2d 1082 (7th Cir.1988); Bontkowski v. United States, 850 F.2d 306 (7th Cir.1988)), Edward Bontkowski brought suit against his former wife, Elena Bront, and an FBI…
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