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BRIDGES v. CHAMBERS

No. 05-3264.

425 F.3d 1048 (2005)

Darnell BRIDGES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John CHAMBERS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 12, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Jacobs, Office of the Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Leah C. Myers, Linda Woloshin, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The state in this federal habeas corpus proceeding has asked us to substitute the director of the Illinois Department of Corrections for the named respondent, who is the warden of the prison in which the petitioner is imprisoned. The state says that "naming [the director] would be more efficient. If the respondent is the warden of the particular institution in which the petitioner is incarcerated, the replacement of the warden, or the transfer...

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