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UNITED STATES EX REL. JONES v. FRANZEN

No. 80-1097.

676 F.2d 261 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Alonzo Howard JONES, Petitioner, v. Gayle M. FRANZEN, Illinois Penal Director and William J. Scott, Illinois Attorney General, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Levenstam, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

David Bindi, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, MARKEY, Chief Judge, and POSNER, Circuit Judge.

MARKEY, Chief Judge.

Ordering no response from the state and reviewing only the submissions of petitioner, the district court summarily dismissed Jones' petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In view of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(8),1 we are required to reverse and remand.2

Background

As described by the Supreme Court of Illinois, People v...

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