UNITED STATES EX REL. CASTLEBERRY v. SIELAFF

No. 76 C 4080, 76 C 4079 and 76 C 4078.

446 F.Supp. 455 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Roosevelt CASTLEBERRY, Petitioner, v. Allyn R. SIELAFF, Director of Corrections and Joseph Cannon, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois, Respondents. UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Otto DEAN, Petitioner, v. Allyn R. SIELAFF, Director of Corrections and Tom Israel, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Menard, Illinois, Respondents. UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Gene DEAN, Petitioner, v. Allyn R. SIELAFF, Director of Corrections and Vernon Housewright, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Respondents.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

March 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria J. Meyers, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen. of Ill., Melbourne Noel, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM ORDER ON RESPONDENTS' MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

Respondents urge us to reconsider our ruling of January 16, 1978 setting aside the convictions of petitioners Roosevelt Castleberry, Otto Dean and Gene Dean upon the ground that we did not find that prejudice or harm resulted to petitioners by the inadequate representation afforded them. In United States ex rel. Ortiz v. Sielaff, 404 F.Supp. 268...

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