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PURKEY v. U.S.

No. 19-3318.

964 F.3d 603 (2020)

Wesley Ira PURKEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 2, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan E. Schoenfeld , Stephanie Simon , Wilmer Hale LLP, New York, NY, Michelle M. Law , Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Springfield, MO, Rebecca E. Woodman , Kansas City, MO, for petitioner-appellant.

Brian P. Casey , J. Benton Hurst , Asst. U.S. Attys., Kansas City, MO, for respondents-appellees.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Brennan and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.

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