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· 12/7/1891

Joliet Street Railway Co. v. McCarthy

Citations

  • 42 Ill. App. 49
  • 1891 Ill. App. LEXIS 227

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  • holding that petitioner “was not entitled to mandamus relief because the defendants did not owe him a clear nondiscretionary duty” to investigate his complaints of criminal activity
  • finding that the FBI Director and Attorney General had no duty to investigate the plaintiff’s complaints
  • finding that the FBI Director and Attorney General had no duty to investigate the plaintiff’s complaints
  • “The PLRA applies to mandamus petitions that seek relief analogous to civil complaints under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.”
  • “The PLRA applies to mandamus petitions that seek relief analogous to civil complaints under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.”
  • “The PLRA applies to mandamus petitions that seek relief analogous to civil complaints under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.”

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Judges: Cartwright

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