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SMEGO v. PAYNE

No. 13-2055.

854 F.3d 387 (2017)

Richard M. SMEGO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anita PAYNE, Amber Jelinek, and Okey Nwachukwu-Udaku, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 12, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Fine , Attorney, Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Brad A. Elward , Attorney, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Flaum and Rovner, Circuit Judges.

Near the end of his jury trial on various § 1983 claims, Richard M. Smego was removed from the courtroom. Various law students who had been appointed to act as his counsel remained behind. The jury ultimately returned a verdict in favor of defendants, and one of the law students declined to poll the jury without consulting...

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