Legal Opinion

Brown v. Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 20, 2017No. 16-3182PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Ennis Brown, a Wisconsin state prisoner, appeals the dismissal of a suit in which he charged the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office, and others, with violating what he claims to be his constitutional right to represent himself on appeal. 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Brown has had a contentious relationship with lawyers since being charged in 2012 with sexually abusihg his children. See Brown v. Hicks, — F.3d -, 2017 WL 701197 (7th Cir. 2017); Wisconsin v. Brown, 365 Wis.2d 608, 2015 WL 5919165 (Wis. Ct. App. 2015). Three times before the trial in' the state court on those…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Harold F. Hains III v. Odie WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  4. Jimmy Lee Riggins v. Kenneth R. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  5. Jael K. Speights v. Matthew J. Frank, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hudson v. TingDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 2019
  2. Melvin Ford-El v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2021
  3. Taplin, Jr. v. WatsonDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 2019

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