Judge Riley entered an order enjoining the President of the Cook County Board from proceeding with a hearing to remove the Public Defender. The TRO was granted after Ed Burnette was allowed to intervene in the pending litigation in the Chancery Division where the litigation seeks declaratory relief as to the office’s independence from political influences in staffing by virtue of the public defender statute. As a consequence, please do not attend the previously scheduled hearing before the County Board which was going to be held on Wednesday, May 7, 2008. A hearing on whether the TRO will become a permanent injunction is set for 2 pm on May 9th, 2008 before Judge Riley.
ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS:
************TRO was reversed on appeal. Please see story in the In the News Section **********
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