United States Seventh Circuit

The district court properly found that plaintiff-inmate could not proceed with his habeas corpus petition where the petition, alleging inadequate medical care, dealt with matters properly handled in a civil rights action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/17/2005
• Published 05/17/2005

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Heather Jackson (argued), Shefsky & Froelich, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William E. Coonan (argued), Office of the United States Attorney Civil Division, Fairview Heights, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.