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KOTAS v. FINN

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Western Division
Oct 24, 2001
Case No. 01 C 50304 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 24, 2001)

Opinion

Case No. 01 C 50304

October 24, 2001


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER


On August 29, 2001, plaintiff Ronald Kotas filed a civil fights action against the State of Wisconsin, John W. Finn, a Wisconsin state court judge, and Charles P. Dykman, Margaret L. Vergeront and Patience D. Rogensack, judges of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV. Kotas' claims arise out of Wisconsin state court proceedings he initiated to set aside his 1987 conviction for felony theft. Defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, Eleventh Amendment immunity, judicial immunity and abstention on the basis of the Rooker/Feldman doctrine.

There are a multitude of defects with Kotas' complaint. For simplicity, the court will limit itself to dismissing Kotas' complaint on the grounds that the court lacks personal jurisdiction over the individual defendants, as they have absolutely no contacts with Illinois in regards to this lawsuit, see generally Central States. Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Reimer Express World Corp., 230 F.3d 934, 942-43 (7th Cir. 2000) (setting forth analysis for determining whether personal jurisdiction is proper), cert. denied, 121 S. Ct. 1406 (2001), and that the claims against the State of Wisconsin are barred by the Eleventh Amendment see Quern v. Jordan, 440 U.S. 332, 337 (1979). Kotas' request to produce and request for delay are denied as unnecessary.


Summaries of

KOTAS v. FINN

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Western Division
Oct 24, 2001
Case No. 01 C 50304 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 24, 2001)
Case details for

KOTAS v. FINN

Case Details

Full title:Kotas v. Finn, et al

Court:United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Western Division

Date published: Oct 24, 2001

Citations

Case No. 01 C 50304 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 24, 2001)