Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 22, 2001No. 00-3451Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
William Sanders, an Indiana prisoner, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Lake County prosecutor Cynthia Taylor violated his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by failing during post-conviction proceedings to disclose to Sanders the telephone number of a witness who testified for the prosecution at his trial. The district court dismissed the suit and we affirm.
Sanders is serving a 40-year prison term for a 1990 murder conviction. In January 1994, Sanders filed a counseled petition for post-conviction relief. The state responded that the petition should be dismissed as…
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- Joan M. Steffes v. Stepan CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Felicia Anderson, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Wayne Anderson, Deceased v. Kevin SimonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- John Auriemma v. James Montgomery and Donald HubertCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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