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Failure to State Claim

By: Derek Hawkins//January 30, 2018//

Failure to State Claim

By: Derek Hawkins//January 30, 2018//

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Anthony Johnson v. Lisa Madigan, et al.

Case No.: 16-3189

Officials: MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, District Judge.

Focus: Failure to State Claim

A felony conviction for stealing $12 worth of meat branded Anthony Johnson a “sexual predator” under Illinois law and subjected him to burdens and responsibilities he didn’t have before that conviction. He filed suit contending that the United States Constitution’s ex post facto clause makes at least some of those burdens and responsibilities unconstitutional. The district court dismissed Mr. Johnson’s complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief could be granted. Mr. Johnson appeals. We affirm, after first reviewing the appellee’s challenge to Mr. Johnson’s standing to pursue this case after moving to Wisconsin.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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