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STAFFORD v. CRANE

No. 03-3067.

382 F.3d 1175 (2004)

L.J. STAFFORD, a/k/a Jay Stafford, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carol Jane CRANE, Trustee of the L.J. Stafford Irrevocable Trust, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 3, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Greg Wright, Hill, Beam-Ward, Kruse & Wilson, LLC, Overland Park, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Leonard L. Wagner and Anne W. Schiavone, Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before KELLY, McKAY, and HENRY, Circuit Judges.

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

In September 1999, Plaintiff L.J. Stafford executed a durable power-of-attorney, naming his two sisters his lawful attorneys-in-fact. In April 2000, the sisters used the power-of-attorney to commit Mr. Stafford to a lock-down Alzheimer's unit and to create an irrevocable trust for Mr. Stafford. Defendant Carol Jane Crane, Mr. Stafford's niece, assumed the role of trustee. In September 2000, Mr. Stafford filed a habeas corpus petition, seeking...

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