U.S. EX REL. YATES v. HARDIMAN

No. 84 C 10295.

727 F.Supp. 436 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Lonnie YATES, Plaintiff, v. Phillip T. HARDIMAN, Executive Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections; Richard Elrod, Sheriff of Cook County; and Michael Lane, Director Department of Corrections, State of Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

December 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Isaacson, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Michael Robert, Atty. General's Office, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

Lonnie Yates is a state prisoner who was found guilty of murder and burglary in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. In November 1984, Yates filed a petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The case was originally assigned to Judge George N. Leighton, who granted Yates' motion for summary judgment on the petition. 656 F.Supp. 1006. The Seventh...

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