Gregory Madej v. Kenneth R. Briley, Warden, Stateville Correctional Center

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Illinois sentenced Gregory Madej to death for a murder committed in 1981. In 2002 the district court issued a writ of habeas corpus requiring Illinois to give Madej a new sentencing hearing within 60 days. United States ex rel. Madej v. Gilmore, 2002 WL 370222, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3807 (N.D.Ill.), reconsideration denied under the name Madej v. Schomig, 223 F.Supp.2d 968 (N.D.Ill.2002). The effective date of this order is September 24, 2002, when the court denied the state’s request for reconsideration and the decision became final. Hence the hearing had to be held…