Aimee Hankins v. Tim Lowe

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this appeal (more precisely, the only possibly meritorious question — the plaintiff/appellant is pro se and her brief a scattershot) is whether the deliberate decision of a parole officer to delay a parolee’s release from parole beyond its termination date can give rise to a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. So far as relates to this case section 1983 imposes civil liability on anyone “who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected,…