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CALDERON v. U.S.

No. 96-2248.

123 F.3d 947 (1997)

Faustino CALDERON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph D. Davis, Janssen, Becker, Maher & Wertz, Peoria, IL, John M. Beal (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Samuel D. Brooks (argued), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MANION, KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Faustino Calderon and Luis Perez were cellmates at the federal correctional institution in Oxford, Wisconsin ("FCI Oxford") when Calderon provided information to the Government relating to the criminal activity of Jose Rivera — a relative of Perez. Perez subsequently learned or believed that Calderon had provided this information to the Government, and on several occasions he either threatened Calderon or extorted money from him. Fearing...

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