Randall Weidner v. James H. Thieret, Warden, Menard Correctional Facility, and Roland W. Burris, Attorney General of the State of Illinois

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Randall Weidner, a state prisoner, seeks a writ of habeas corpus based on the admission at his criminal trial of what he claims was an involuntary confession. In a prior opinion, this Court remanded Weid-ner’s petition to the district court with instructions relating to the gathering of evidence concerning the state trial court’s ruling that Weidner’s confession was voluntary. After complying with these instructions, the district court again denied Weid-ner’s petition. Because our prior instructions are the law of the case, and because none of the exceptions to the law of…