Wasn’t Judge Coleman one of those responsible for getting Rahm back on the ballot in Chicago after he was kicked off? (she dismissed the suit to take him off the ballot).
Apparently it was the Illinois Supreme Court that restored Emmanuel to the ballot - not Judge Coleman. See the following:
Mark Guarino, "Rahm Emanuel back on ballot to stay, court rules, but there's still a footnote," Christian Science Monitor, January 27, 2011