UNITED STATES EX REL. HOLLEMAN v. DUCKWORTH

No. 84-2387.

770 F.2d 690 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Robert Lee HOLLEMAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Jack DUCKWORTH, Warden, and Attorney General of Illinois, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Fitzgerald, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellants.

Brian A. Hamer, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

On September 15, 1982, Robert Lee Holleman petitioned the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for a writ of habeas corpus. Holleman claimed that the State of Illinois had violated his right to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment and the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 38, § 1003-8-9 (1983) (the "IAD"). The district...

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