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U.S. v. FEATHER

No. 13-2725.

768 F.3d 735 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cleveland J. White FEATHER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 29, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Norwood , Office of the United States Attorney, Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Daniel R. Schattnik , Unsell, Schattnik & Phillips PC, Wood River, IL, Cleveland J. Whites Feather , United States Penitentiary, Marion, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and KANNE and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Cleveland White Feather killed his cellmate, Robert Running Bear, in their cell at the federal prison in Marion, Illinois. He did this by disemboweling the victim using a disassembled Bic razor, having first choked him into unconsciousness during a late-night fight of rather opaque origins. White Feather was charged with murder by a federal prisoner, see 18 U.S.C. § 1118, and before trial the government moved to preclude him from...

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