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WITKOWSKI v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY

No. 06-3627.

480 F.3d 511 (2007)

Michael J. WITKOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter F. Kelly (argued), Milwaukee, WI, Steven H. Steinglass, Cleveland Heights, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Andrew A. Jones, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, Michele M. Ford (argued), Crivello, Carlson & Mentkowski, Emile H. Banks, Jr., Banks & Associates, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Laron Ball was on trial during May 2002 for murder. Ball had threatened mayhem if convicted, so the court took extra precautions, including extra deputy sheriffs and fitting Ball with a stunbelt. Steven Gunn and Andrew Halstead, the two deputy sheriffs normally assigned to the courtroom of Jacqueline Schellinger, the judge presiding over Ball's trial, considered the steps needed to secure and maintain the stunbelt an irritating hindrance...

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