Rutledge, Tommy L. v. United States

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 99-1686 Tommy L. Rutledge, Petitioner-Appellant, v. United States of America, Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Rock Island Division. No. 97-4054--Michael M. Mihm, Judge. Argued September 28, 2000--Decided October 24, 2000 Before Flaum, Chief Judge, and Bauer and Harlington Wood, Jr., Circuit Judges. Flaum, Chief Judge. Tommy Rutledge appeals the denial of his federal habeas petition. He challenges the reinstatement of a vacated conviction and raises various…