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DeSILVA v. DiLEONARDI

Nos. 96-4110, 97-1038.

125 F.3d 1110 (1997)

Anthony DeSILVA, Albert DeSilva, Anthony J. LoBue, and Thomas Kulekowskis, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Joseph G. DiLEONARDI, United States Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1997.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied November 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Howlett, Jr., Patricia Susan Spratt, James D. Wilson, Shefsky, Froelich & Devine, Chicago, IL, Gregory B. Craig, Matthew J. Herrington, John T. Parry (argued), Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Thomas Kulekowskis and Anthony J. Lobue.

William A. Barnett, Jr., Chicago, IL, Anthony DeSilva.

Joel D. Bertocchi (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, Joseph G. DiLeonardi.

Lawrence E. Morrissey, Chicago, IL, Albert DeSilva.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied November 26, 1997.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Tammy DeSilva barely survived a serious car accident in December 1987. She became a quadriplegic and suffered serious brain damage. Three months after the accident an Illinois court declared her disabled, see 755 ILCS 5/11a-2(a), and named her husband Anthony as her guardian. Tammy's father, Ernest Wright, had sought the position, but the state judge understood...

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