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Winfield v. Acevedo, 10 C 4878. (2019)

Court: District Court, N.D. Illinois Number: infdco20190311981 Visitors: 9
Filed: Mar. 08, 2019
Latest Update: Mar. 08, 2019
Summary: Motion for Judgment to Be Set out in a Separate Document SHARON JOHNSON COLEMAN , District Judge . Under Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 58(a) and (d), respondent moves this Court to set out in a separate document its judgment granting petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus. See Doc. 89 (February 11, 2019 memorandum and order). Rule 58(a) requires most judgments to be "set out in a separate document" — that is, in a document separate from the Court's opinion. The preferred
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Motion for Judgment to Be Set out in a Separate Document

Under Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 58(a) and (d), respondent moves this Court to set out in a separate document its judgment granting petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus. See Doc. 89 (February 11, 2019 memorandum and order).

Rule 58(a) requires most judgments to be "set out in a separate document" — that is, in a document separate from the Court's opinion. The preferred form for a judgment is Form AO 450 ("Judgment in a Civil Action"). Hope v. United States, 43 F.3d 1140, 1142 (7th Cir. 1994). The Seventh Circuit has instructed parties to request entry of judgment in a separate document when the court has not done so. Perry v. Sheet Metal Workers' Local No. 73 Pension Fund, 585 F.3d 358, 362 (7th Cir. 2009).

Here, no judgment granting the petition has been set out in a separate document following the Court's February 2019 opinion, and the Court's March 2016 judgment is no longer in effect. See Doc. 80 (Seventh Circuit's September 13, 2017 final judgment) (reversing district court's March 2016 judgment and remanding for further proceedings).

Conclusion

This Court should set out in a separate document the judgment granting petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus or direct the Clerk to do the same.

Source:  Leagle

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