Opinion
No. 10 C 4878
03-08-2019
GERALD WINFIELD, K56861, Petitioner, v. GERARDO ACEVEDO, Warden, Hill Correctional Center, Respondent.
KWAME RAOUL Attorney General of Illinois BRIAN MCLEISH, Bar # 6302501 Assistant Attorney General 100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60601-3218 (312) 814-3692 bmcleish@atg.state.il.us
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been set out in a separate document following the Court's February 2019 opinion, and the Court's March 2016 judgment is no longer in effect.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. March 8, 2019
Respectfully submitted,
KWAME RAOUL
Attorney General of Illinois
By: /s/ Brian McLeish
BRIAN MCLEISH, Bar # 6302501
Assistant Attorney General
100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60601-3218
(312) 814-3692
bmcleish@atg.state.il.us
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that on March 8, 2019, I electronically filed respondent's Motion for Judgment to Be Set out in a Separate Document with the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, using the CM/ECF system, which will send notice to all parties.
/s/ Brian McLeish
BRIAN MCLEISH, Bar # 6302501
Assistant Attorney General
100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60601-3218
(312) 814-3692
bmcleish@atg.state.il.us