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Injunction Against Thomson-Gitmo Deal Denied
CHICAGO (AP) -- A Republican candidate for state comptroller has failed in his attempt to obtain an injunction that would halt plans to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Illinois' Thomson Correctional Center.

Cook County Chancery Court judge Martin Agran rejected the request by candidate William Kelly after Kelly appeared in court Tuesday without legal representation.

The injunction request was filed Monday by Kelly and attorneys Alison and Robert Motta, but Assistant Attorney General Katherine Laurent said the Mottas were not representing Kelly.

Kelly contends a December hearing on the proposal in Sterling did not meet state statutes calling for such a hearing to be publicized and held within 25 miles of the facility.

Kelly is running in the Feb. 2 Republican primary against Judy Baar Topinka and Orland Park Trustee Jim Dodge.

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