Legal Opinion
Thad D. Lowe v. James E. Letsinger
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 1985No. 84-2144PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Thad Lowe, appeals from a district court order granting the three defendants — a state court judge, court clerk, and attorney general — absolute immunity and dismissing Lowe’s civil rights action against them. The complaint contains two counts. Count I charges Judge Letsinger with violating Lowe’s constitutional rights by failing for four years to decide Lowe’s state post-conviction relief petition. Count II charges that after Judge Letsinger finally issued an order granting Lowe a new trial, the judge, the court clerk (Lukawski) and…
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