BELL v. MIZELL

No. 90-3098.

931 F.2d 444 (1991)

Marc Anthony BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Larry MIZELL and Roland W. Burris, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Thomas, Legal Services Center, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Arleen C. Anderson, Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The notice of appeal was filed 43 days after judgment had been entered, the appellant's court-appointed counsel having erroneously believed that the 30-day period for appealing the denial of a petition for habeas corpus ran from the issuance of the certificate of probable cause for appeal, which the district judge issued to permit the petitioner to appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 2253; Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1). The 30-day period having run, it was too late for the...

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