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COLLINS v. GAETZ

No. 09-2212.

612 F.3d 574 (2010)

James COLLINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Donald GAETZ, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 13, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion Buckley, Attorney (argued), Wausau, WI, pro se.

Michael M. Glick, Attorney, Erica Seyburn (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

James Collins stayed up late the night of April 30 to May 1, 2001, getting high on crack cocaine in his Chicago apartment with his girlfriend, Flora Lanier. Sometime after 6:00 a.m., Collins and Lanier began fighting, a fight that ended when Lanier went through the window of Collins' apartment, causing fatal wounds to both her arms. Collins, who has an IQ in the 60s and organic brain damage from an...

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