Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Hindi v. Warden of McHenry County Jail
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 21, 2000No. 99 C 2814PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
LINDBERG, District Judge.
Petitioner, Steven Hindi, petitions the court for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that 1) his underlying conviction violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech and is in conflict with current Illinois Supreme Court law; and 2) he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel in his underlying trial for criminal contempt.
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- Aaron Lindh v. James P. Murphy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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