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BROWN v. CHARLES

No. 69-C-507.

309 F.Supp. 817 (1970)

Frank J. BROWN, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Honorable Lewis J. CHARLES, Circuit Court Judge, Presiding for Milwaukee County, E. Michael McCann, District Attorney for Milwaukee County, Anton J. Komperda, Court Reporter, Milwaukee County, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

February 17, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrance L. Pitts, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff.

Robert P. Russell, Corp. Counsel, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants.

DECISION and ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

This is a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 brought against a state circuit court judge, a district attorney, and a court reporter, who have moved to dismiss the action.

Mr. Brown was tried for first degree murder on February 3, 1969; the trial ended in a hung jury. Mr. Komperda was the court reporter at that trial. A new trial, scheduled before Judge Charles, is being prosecuted by...

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