Howard, Sherman v. Gramley, Richard

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 97-1881 Sherman Howard, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard Gramley, Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 94 C 1246--Ruben Castillo, Judge. Argued November 10, 1999--Decided August 23, 2000 Before Posner, Rovner, and Diane P. Wood, Circuit Judges. Diane P. Wood, Circuit Judge. Sherman Howard was convicted in 1989 of sexually abusing his daughter when she was a toddler. After appealing through the Illinois state court system and seeking…