Thomas M. James v. LORENZO ELI and NICOLAS P. VILLANUSTRE

United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
April 4, 2017
Before
DIANE P. WOOD, Chief Judge
RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge
JOEL M. FLAUM, Circuit Judge
No. 15-3034
THOMAS M. JAMES,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
LORENZO ELI and NICOLAS P.
VILLANUSTRE,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District
Court for the Southern District of
Indiana, Indianapolis Division.
No. 1:13-cv-541-WTL-TAB
William T. Lawrence,
Judge.
AMENDED ORDER
We hereby amend this Court’s order of March 31, 2017, granting the petitions
for panel rehearing as follows:
Before the Court are petitions for rehearing en banc filed on February 8, 2017, by
Defendants-Appellees Lorenzo Eli and Nicholas P. Villanustre. We construe those
petitions to include requests for panel rehearing. So construed, all members of the
original panel have voted to GRANT panel rehearing.
In light of this vote, the opinion and judgment issued on January 25, 2017, are
hereby VACATED, and the briefs filed previously by the parties are STRICKEN.
After reviewing the briefs and the record, we have determined that the Court
would benefit from counseled briefs from the Plaintiff-Appellant. See FED. R. A PP. P.

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No. 15-3034 Page 2
34(a)(2)(C). We have also concluded that this case should be set for oral argument.
Accordingly, we will recruit counsel for Thomas M. James. Further orders designating
counsel and setting a schedule for briefing and oral argument will follow.

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