United States Seventh Circuit

Removal to federal court of a legal malpractice claim by a convicted federal defendant is vacated and remanded where the claim arose under state law, and the fact that interpretation of federal law would be an issue in the case did not render it removable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2006
• Published 05/03/2006

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Grey R. Chatham, Chatham & Babka, Belleville, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Terry M. Green, West Frankfort, IL, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael L. Young, Burroughs & Hepler, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.