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Rodriguez v. Montgomery, No. 06-3995
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District court's grant of defendant's petition for collateral relief is reversed and remanded where, because the record would not support a conclusion that going to trial with only one lawyer had a substantial and injurious effect on the outcome, the state judiciary's erroneous decision to disqualify defendant's second lawyer was harmless.
Read Rodriguez v. Montgomery, No. 06-3995
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division
Decided February 5, 2010
Judges
Before: Easterbrook. Chief Judge, Wood, and Williams,Circuit Judges
Opinion by Circuit Judge Easterbrook
