UNITED STATES v. FLOWERS

Nos. 86-1514, 85-1524.

789 F.2d 569 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Michael FLOWERS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Orville MILLER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael O'LEARY, Warden, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orville Miller, pro se.

Steven R. Decker, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert R. Breisblatt, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

We have consolidated these two cases for the limited purpose of discussing a recurring issue that involves the gray area of where the district court's authority ends and where our authority begins in the area of supervising trial attorneys who do not want to handle their client's appeal. In both cases, the district court granted motions to withdraw filed after judgment was entered. We vacate both orders.

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