United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is affirmed where the Illinois Appellate Court resolved plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim on an adequate procedural ground independent of the merits of that claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/10/2004
• Decided 01/20/2005
• Published 01/20/2005

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gabriel G. Tsui (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Domenica A. Osterberger (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.