HUMPHREY v. U.S.

No. 87-2808.

896 F.2d 1066 (1990)

Donnis Glen HUMPHREY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Eisenberg, Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Donnis G. Humphrey, Milan, Mich., pro se.

Bruce E. Reppert, Asst. U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., Laura Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Benton, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

Donnis Glen Humphrey appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. Humphrey claims that the site of his trial was selected intentionally to deny him a racially-balanced jury venire, and that as a result, the pool from which his jury was chosen did not reflect a fair-cross section of the community. After reviewing Humphrey's motion, the district court held that he had failed to demonstrate any facts indicating discrimination and therefore...

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