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Robert C. Bleitner v. George C. Welborn and Attorney General of the State of Illinois

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 31, 1994No. 92-2222PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The district court denied a petition for habeas corpus by a state prisoner. The merits are considered and decided in an unpublished order that we issue today. We confine this opinion to the question whether the, district court should, without reaching the merits of the petition, have entered a default judgment in the petitioner’s favor when the state neglected to file a timely response. The state had until January 20, 1992, to respond to the petition; it missed this deadline and on February 7 filed an untimely motion for an extension of time to March 31, which the court…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Daniel J. Waletzki v. P.W. Keohane, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  2. Philips Medical Systems International B v. V. Martin E. BruetmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  3. Thrameah Aziz v. E.S. Leferve and Robert AbramsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  4. Christopher Allen v. Jack DuckworthCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  5. United States of America Ex Rel. Richard W. Mattox v. Herbert Scott, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet Branch,respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Peter Lewis v. Jerry SternesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
  2. Daniel Sims and Andrea Sims v. Ega Products, Inc., Meadowbrook Risk Management, Ltd., Potential Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
  3. Wayne K. Lemons v. William D. O'SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  4. Hudson v. HelmanDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 1996
  5. Jeanine Lea Mommaerts v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007

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