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HARRIS v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

No. 88-2870.

886 F.2d 982 (1989)

Davis HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT and David V. Jennings, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis Harris, Waupun Correctional Institution, Waupun, Wis., pro se.

Donald J. Hanaway, Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY, and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Davis Harris is a Wisconsin state prisoner who wants to change his name to Da'ud Zaki Hakim. He brought suit in state court under Wis.Stat. § 786.36 to change his name by appearing in person before a state judge, but the suit failed when the judge refused to grant Harris a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum that would have allowed him to leave the prison to appear in court. Harris appealed this ruling but lost, the appellate court noting...

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