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WOIDTKE v. ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS

No. 02-4223.

335 F.3d 558 (2003)

Rodney WOIDTKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, St. Clair County Public Defender's Office, Brian K. Trentman, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 7, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Gross (argued), St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Garrett P. Hoerner, Becker, Paulson & Hoerner, Michael J. Nester, Donovan, Rose, Nester & Szewczyk, Belleville, IL, Joseph B. McDonnell (argued), Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, Swansea, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

On March 29, 2002, Rodney Woidtke, invoking the diversity jurisdiction of the district court, see 28 U.S.C. § 1332, filed a three-count complaint against St. Clair County and public defenders Brian Trentman and Vincent Lopinot.1 In Count I, Mr. Woidtke alleged that Attorney Trentman, and his supervisor, Attorney Lopinot, had been negligent in their representation of Mr. Woidtke in a 1989 criminal proceeding...

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