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BRECHT v. ABRAHAMSON

No. 91-1835.

944 F.2d 1363 (1991)

Todd A. BRECHT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Gordon A. ABRAHAMSON, Superintendent, Dodge Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen E. Shoenberger, Michael A. Moynihan (argued), Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellee.

Jeffrey M. Gabrysiak (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for respondent-appellant.

Before CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 20, 1991.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Todd A. Brecht was serving time in Georgia for felony theft when his sister Molly Hartman paid the restitution for Brecht's crime and took temporary custody of him while he awaited an opening in a halfway house. This created a sticky situation because Molly's husband Roger was the district attorney for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. There cannot be many public prosecutors who...

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