LEVINE v. KLING

No. 96-2279.

123 F.3d 580 (1997)

Robert M. LEVINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard KLING, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Levine (submitted), United States Penitentiary, Florence, CO, Pro Se.

Daniel J. Pope, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

Robert Levine was convicted of using interstate commerce to commit murder for hire. 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a). After we upheld his conviction, United States v. Levine, 5 F.3d 1100 (7th Cir.1993), he brought this damages suit for malpractice against Richard Kling, his court-appointed appellate counsel, basing jurisdiction on diversity of citizenship. The district...

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