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LIGHTFOOT v. WALKER

No. 86-2004.

797 F.2d 505 (1986)

Ralph LIGHTFOOT, LaCarttle Jones, Fred Jenkins, and Nelson Weaver, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Daniel WALKER, Governor of the State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence X. Pusateri, Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, M. Patricia Chapin, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Harvey Grossman, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Chicago, Ill., Richard D. Chase, Land of Lincoln Leg. Asst. Foundation, Inc., East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WOOD, CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, who were the defendants in the district court, have asked us to stay the district court's judgment pending appeal. Fed.R.App.P. 8. The request raises a question concerning bond pending appeal, which we have decided to answer in a published opinion to provide guidance for future litigants.

The underlying lawsuit is a massive prisoners' civil rights suit against the State of Illinois (the public officials who are the named...

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