Legal Opinion
Rudolph L. Lucien v. Watts C. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 1995No. 94-1325PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Between 1987 and 1991, Rudolph Lucien, who is an inmate of the Illinois prison system, filed in the Illinois Court of Claims (705 ILCS 505; Andrew M. Raueei, “The Illinois Court of Claims: Its Purpose and Procedures,” Il l. Bar J. Oct. 1989, p. 752) five claims for loss of personal property. The claims ranged in value from $76.14 to $558.91. None of the claims had been decided when in 1993 Lucien brought the present suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against four commissioners (hearing officers) of the court of claims charging that the delay in processing his claims had violated…
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