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WILSON v. O'BRIEN

No. 10-2417.

621 F.3d 641 (2010)

Robert WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James O'BRIEN, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Additional appellant: Tyler Nims.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 3, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Locke E. Bowman, III , Attorney (submitted), MacArthur Justice Center, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John S. Elson , Attorney, Northwestern University Legal Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Nadine J. Wichern , Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

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

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

After a state court set aside his conviction for attempted murder, Robert Wilson filed this suit in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against persons associated with the prosecution, plus the City of Chicago.

Defendants took the deposition of Tyler Nims, who while a law student had interviewed (on Wilson's behalf) a mental patient who took responsibility for the acts of which Wilson had been convicted. Nims sat for the deposition...

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