By: Derek Hawkins//January 2, 2018//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: James Owens v. John Evans, et al.
Case No.: 16-1645
Officials: KANNE, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Focus: 1st Amendment Violation – Untimely Claim
James Owens, an Illinois prisoner, brought this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that 43 prison employees and the Illinois Department of Corrections obstructed his access to courts in violation of the First Amendment. Owens alleges that at four different correctional facilities, he had insufficient access to the law library and his excess legal storage boxes, was unable to send mail required to prosecute his cases, and was denied supplies. The district judge dismissed several claims and defendants, and later entered summary judgment for the remaining defendants. Because Owens’s strongest claim for relief was untimely and the rest were correctly dismissed or decided in the defendants’ favor, we affirm.
Affirmed
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