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UNITED STATES EX REL. THOM v. JENKINS

No. 84-2590.

760 F.2d 736 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Hugh E. THOM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. O.C. JENKINS, Warden of Metropolitan Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee, Metal Improvement Company, Intervening Party Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 12, 1985.

As Amended March 20 and May 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Bailey, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Ralph A. Mantynband, Arvey, Hodes, Costello & Burman, Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, WOOD and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Hugh Thom, appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Thom challenges his continued confinement for civil contempt for his failure to pay $115,172.68 in satisfaction of a judgment entered against him on November 21, 1983 in favor of Metal Improvement Co. Thom contends that the writ should issue because he is currently unable to pay the judgment and the coercive effect of the incarceration is therefore...

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