City attorneys asks judge to block Daley deposition in torture case because the Mayor is too busy

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CHICAGO (AP) -- City attorneys asked a federal judge Thursday to throw out a lower court's order that Mayor Richard M. Daley give a deposition in a lawsuit filed by a former death row inmate who says police tortured him into confessing to a murder he didn't commit.

City attorneys told U.S. District Judge Marvin Aspen that forcing Daley to submit to questioning under oath would be "premature and may be unnecessary" and runs counter to previous decisions limiting how much public officials' time can be consumed by such lawsuits.

"A busy public official should not be compelled to sit for a deposition unless there is a real need for a deposition and until the plaintiff has pursued other available avenues for discovery of the same subject matter," city attorneys said in a motion filed Thursday night.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown on Feb. 22 gave attorneys for former inmate Madison Hobley permission to get a deposition from Daley, who was Cook County state's attorney when Hobley was sent to prison for murder.

[acmavm]

1. A man's life hangs in the balance and Daley is bitching about

being imposed upon.

That's a friggin' Chicago Daley for ya!

[NNN0LHI]

3. The guy is out of jail now but justice still needs to be served here

I don't like torturing scum no matter if they have a D or an R after their name.

Don

[Why Syzygy]

2. What part of "public" servant

do these guys not get? When did we lose that? Having the will of the people servants?

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Daley too busy to obey the law? That's a good one. The judge should set

deposition for a holiday or a weekend.

[dkofos]

6. Or maybe the judge should hold him in contempt.

[dogday]

5. Pompous Blowfish

Mayor Richard M. Daley makes me want to :puke: