Eulah Williams v. John Lampe and Village of Cahokia Police Department

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• explaining that Section 1983 claims in Illinois are governed by a two-year statute of limitations period
• confirming that this one-year limitations period applies to state- law claims that are joined with a § 1983 claim, “while the two-year period still applies to § 1983 claims against such defendants.”
• employing 745 ILCS 10/8-101 in holding that plaintiff’s state law tort claims were untimely
• “Illinois local governmental entities and their employees ... benefit from a one-year statute of limitations for ‘civil actions’ against them.”
• “the one-year period applies to state-law claims that are joined with a § 1983 claim’
• “Illinois local governmental entities and their employees . . . benefit from a one-year statute of limitations for ‘civil actions’ against them”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).