U.S. EX REL. HINDI v. WARDEN OF McHENRY CTY JAIL

No. 99 C 2814.

82 F.Supp.2d 879 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Steven HINDI, Petitioner, v. WARDEN OF McHENRY COUNTY JAIL and James Ryan, Illinois Attorney General, Respondents.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

January 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Anne Halprin, Highland Park, IL, for petitioner.

Gary William Pack, McHenry County State's Attorney's Office, Woodstock, IL, Chief of Criminal Appeals, Ill. Atty General's Office, Chicago, IL, for respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

LINDBERG, District Judge.

Petitioner, Steven Hindi, petitions the court for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that 1) his underlying conviction violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech and is in conflict with current Illinois Supreme Court law; and 2) he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel in his underlying trial for criminal contempt.

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