DiANGELO v. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF PUBLIC AID

Nos. 87-2779, 89-1166.

891 F.2d 1260 (1989)

Eleanor DiANGELO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID, Defendant-Appellee. Clarence ROBERTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael P. LANE, Director, Department of Corrections, State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Keeling, Thomas, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Rockford, Ill., Stephen R. Swofford, William J. Holloway, Keith E. Graham, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William H. London, Timothy J. Cavenagh, Barbara L. Greenspan, James C. O'Connell, Asst. Attys. Gen., William D. Leslie, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., COFFEY, FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

These two unrelated cases have a common question: whether counsel recruited to represent indigent plaintiffs in district courts must file briefs revealing the inadequacies of their clients' positions in order to be relieved of the appointments on appeal. Such submissions are not necessary, because civil appointments in the district courts do not carry over on appeal.

Elizabeth DiAngelo filed an action contending that her former...

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