United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in a suit under 42 U.S.C. sections 1983 and 1985 alleging violation of the First Amendment and conspiracy to maintain a malicious prosecution is affirmed where: 1) one defendant had prosecutorial immunity from the suit; 2) there was no conspiracy to maintain a wrongful prosecution; 3) a federal lawsuit was not the proper avenue to pursue a remedy for perceived unethical behavior by an attorney; and 4) the trial court did not abuse its discretion by deciding state law claims on the merits. Several attorneys are censured or admonished for conduct unbecoming a member of the bar.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/08/2007
• Decided 02/07/2007
• Published 02/07/2007

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jude Redwood, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Judith M. Redwood (argued), Redwood Law Office, St. Joseph, IL, Charles L. Danner, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., James C. Kearns, Keith B. Hill (argued), Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Urbana, IL, Roger B. Webber (argued), Beckett & Webber, Urbana, IL, David N. Rumley, Urbana, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.