Legal Opinion

Wronke v. Madigan

District Court, C.D. Illinois

Decided November 20, 1998No. 2:96-cv-02171PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

MCCUSKEY, District Judge.

On July 8, 1996, Petitioner, Kenneth L. Wronke, filed his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus (#2). Wronke challenges an order entered on October 5,1995, in the circuit court of Champaign County. The court found Wronke in indirect civil contempt of court and ordered him to be transported to the Champaign County Correctional Center until he purged himself of the contempt. Wronke’s habeas petition was twice dismissed for failure to exhaust state court remedies. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed both orders dismissing the…

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