John Williams v. State of Illinois

How courts have described this case

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• affirming court’s decision to dismiss case with prejudice where plaintiff had not served defendants for more than 16 months after filing suit
• referring to the Seventh Circuit’s establishment of this “bright-line rule” for “any motion for reconsideration filed after the deadline”
• noting that if a plaintiff’s delay is so long that it signifies a failure to prosecute, a court has discretion to dismiss the case on those grounds rather than dismissing it under 15 Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m) for lack of service
• “Williams insists that he had three extra days to ask for reconsideration because he received the dismissal by mail, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d
• “Williams insists that he had three extra days to ask for reconsideration because he received the dismissal by mail, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d
• “[W]e have established a bright-line rule that any [Rule 59(e)] motion for reconsideration filed after the deadline must be construed as a motion to vacate [under Rule 60(b)].”

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