IN RE TROUTT

No. 04-4212.

460 F.3d 887 (2006)

In re Eric D. TROUTT, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric D. Troutt, Mt. Vernon, IL, pro se.

Michael J. Gonring (argued), Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, Amicus Curiae.

Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the way in which the district court handled what began as an attorney discipline matter. The central actors are Eric D. Troutt, the attorney, and District Judge Michael J. Reagan. Briefly put, Judge Reagan concluded that Troutt had failed to live up to his obligations to the bar of the Southern District of Illinois, and, even worse, had conducted himself in a way that amounted to criminal contempt of court. Troutt has appealed...

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