RUFFINO v. SHEAHAN

No. 99-2981.

218 F.3d 697 (2000)

Joseph RUFFINO, Randall A. Noble, and Emmett Doherty, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Michael SHEAHAN, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 27, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charmaine E. Dwyer (argued), Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas V. Lyons (argued), Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Federal Litigation Division, John J. Murphy, Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Labor & Employment Division, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal that never should have seen the light of day. For the most part, it presents questions over which this court has no appellate jurisdiction; the only other issue is one that was forfeited in the court below and that is without merit in any event. On the eve of trial, Michael Sheahan, the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, made a last-ditch effort to avoid final adjudication of the civil rights case that three...

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