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Guzzo v. Snyder

Case Date: 12/28/2001
Court: 3rd District Appellate
Docket No: 3-01-0002 Rel

December 28, 2001

No. 3--01--0002

IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

THIRD DISTRICT

A.D., 2001


STEPHEN GUZZO,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,


            v.

DONALD SNYDER and JAMES PAGE,
            Defendants-Appellants.

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)		 Appeal from the Circuit Court
for the 12th Judicial Circuit,
Will County, Illinois

No. 2000-MR--289

Honorable Charles P. O'Connor
Judge, Presiding

JUSTICE BRESLIN delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner Stephen Guzzo filed this action against defendantsDonald Snyder, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections(IDOC), and James Page(1), warden of Stateville Correctional Center. In his complaint, Guzzo alleged that the Director and warden failed to award him meritorious good-time credit and supplementalmeritorious good-time credit (collectively, good-time credit)because of a domestic battery arrest in his criminal history. Guzzo petitioned for habeas corpus or mandamus and alleged that hiscivil rights were violated under section 1983 of the Civil RightsAct (42 U.S.C.