Legal Opinion
Mafu Inada v. Sgt. Richard Sullivan, a Chicago Police Officer, and Certain Other Chicago Police Officers Whose Identities Are Unknown at Present
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 1975No. 74-1338, 75-1101PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
Mafu Inada is a Japanese national who resides in the state of Illinois. On July 20, 1973 Inada filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois charging Richard Sullivan, a Chicago police officer, with various violations of his civil rights. This complaint was drafted and filed by Inada himself, and was prolix and rather confusing. The complaint was dismissed for failure to state a claim on February 20, 1974. A motion to reconsider was filed, also pro se, on March 14, 1974 and denied on the same day. In denying the motion to…
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