Legal Opinion
Rooding v. Peters
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 13, 1996No. 95-1828PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Ronald Rooding filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus and, in the alternative, a petition for writ of mandamus in Illinois state court challenging the duration of his confinement. The court issued a writ of mandamus and ordered that Rooding be immediately *579released. Rooding subsequently filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking damages on the ground that his extended confinement violated his rights to due process and equal protection. The district court dismissed Rooding’s complaint, finding that his § 1983 claim was barred by res judicata because Rooding could…
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