US v. Roberts Chief Judge Wrote Opinion Freeing Georgia Thompson

The Chief Judge hearing the U.S. v. Roberts oral arguments in late October is the same judge who wrote the opinion that freed the innocent Wisconsin state worker, Georgia Thompson, court transcripts show.

Frank H. Easterbrook, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in freeing Thompson, pushed U.S. Atty Stephen Biskupic into the spotlight, and the Thompson case and Biskupic have become the subjects of congressional committee hearings as the U.S. Attorneys' and the U.S. Dept. of Justice scandal continues.

Easterbrook is regarded as an independent and brilliant judge.

Roberts of the US v. Roberts case is a Wisconsin Vietnam-era Navy veteran (who was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by some five different mental health professionals) and was indicted and convicted of what are widely seen as trumped-up federal charges of wire fraud for receiving VA benefits.

Veterans across the nation are watching the outcome of the case that would if the conviction were left intact theoretically place in jeopardy 100,000s of veterans who cannot prove disability claims related to diagnosed PTSD.

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