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UNITED STATES EX REL. BURTON v. COUGHLIN

No. 71-1672.

463 F.2d 530 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Betty BURTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph COUGHLIN, Assistant Director, Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis A. Wenzell, John D. Shullenberger, Patrick T. Murphy, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Joel M. Flaum, Jayne A. Carr, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before DUFFY and MURRAH, Senior Circuit Judges, and JUERGENS, District Judge.

JUERGENS, District Judge.

The issue presented is whether the concept of release upon recognizance or upon bond has any application to proceedings instituted pursuant to the Illinois Juvenile Court Act, Ill.Rev.Stat. 1969, Ch. 37, § 701-1 et seq.

Petitioner Betty Burton, an indigent minor, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, seeking release from the Illinois...

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