Revocation Sentencing: Serious Violations May Justify Statutory-Maximum Reimprisonment Despite Chapter 7 Range Introduction In United States v. Steven Bradford (7th Cir. Mar. 18, 2026), the Seventh...
PLRA Exhaustion: A Single Grievance Suffices for Continuing Dental-Care Denials and Need Not Name Every Staff Member if It Provides Identifying Detail Case: Anthony Boyce v. Ashley Cox Court: Court...
General Country-Conditions Evidence Cannot Establish Nexus in Gang-Extortion Asylum Claims; Perceived Wealth Is Not a Protected Ground 1. Introduction In Norma Santos-Menjivar v. Pamela J. Bondi (7th...
Overbroad Single-Family Warrants in Multi-Unit Buildings: Reasonable Pre-Issuance Inquiry, Target-Limited Execution, and Exigent-Entry Backstops 1. Introduction In United States v. Floyd Suggs (7th...
Habeas “Amended” Briefs that Incorporate the Original Petition Do Not Supersede It; Prison-Discipline Proportionality Remains Governed by the Seventh Circuit’s Madyun/Chapman Framework Introduction...
Certification of Kentucky “Reason to Believe” Mens Rea Question for Categorical Aggravated-Felony Analysis (K.R.S. § 514.110) 1. Introduction In Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan v. Pamela J. Bondi (7th Cir....
Alternative Plan of Care Clauses Do Not “Provide” Home-Health Benefits Under Illinois § 2012.70(a)(2) Absent an Express Home-Care Benefit I. Introduction Patrick M. Hartnett and Daniel J. Hartnett,...
State-Interview Lies as Federal Witness Tampering: Routine Federal–State Collaboration and a Materialized FBI Investigation Satisfy Fowler’s “Reasonable Likelihood” Introduction In United States v....
United States v. Seidling: Video Evidence Outside the Charged Window Is Admissible to Rebut Claimed Incapacity, and Fast-Forwarded Footage Is Not Inherently Misleading or Cumulative Under Rules 401...
Whitehead v. Plantz: No Free-Exercise “Substantial Burden” Without Using the Prison’s Religious Work-Proscription Process; Qualified Immunity for “Snitch” Labeling Under the First Amendment...
Reusch v. Hertz: Summary Judgment Improper Where Policy Applicability, Approved Leave, and Shifting Reasons Create a Jury Issue on Retaliatory Motive Introduction In George Reusch, Jr. v. The Hertz...
Seventh Circuit: VA Appeals Board May Exclude Untimely Evidence and Sustain Removal by Referencing Prior Douglas-Factor Analysis Under § 7462 Case: John Peterson v. Douglas A. Collins Court: Court of...
“Irrefutable Video” Summary Judgment in Pretrial Detainee Excessive-Force Claims Under an Objective Kingsley/Graham Standard Introduction In Christopher Raddant v. Douglas County, Wisconsin, et al....
Room-and-Board Counts as “Remuneration for Services” (and Mixed Questions Remain Reviewable) in § 1255(k) Unauthorized-Employment Bars 1. Introduction Gurmeet Singh v. Pamela J. Bondi (7th Cir. Mar....
Resentencing “Clean Slate” and Above-Guidelines Variances Based on State of Mind Despite Unproven Related Felony — United States v. Derrick Davis (7th Cir. 2026) 1. Introduction Case: United States...
United States v. Bull: Self-Incriminating Post-Arrest Admissions Can Establish Relevant-Conduct Drug Quantity Without Corroboration Absent “Real Doubt” Evidence 1. Introduction In United States v....
Defendant’s Post-Arrest Self-Incriminating Statements May Establish Drug-Quantity Relevant Conduct Without Corroboration Absent “Real Doubt” Case: United States v. Randy Bull (7th Cir. Mar. 10, 2026)...
Nexus Requires Evidence the Persecutor Cared About a Protected Ground; Generalized Country Violence Does Not Satisfy CAT Introduction In Ismael Torrijos-Zamora v. Pamela J. Bondi (7th Cir. Mar. 9,...
Guilty Plea and Appeal-Waiver Bar to “Nonexistent § 924(c) Offense” Claims Based on Predicate-Interpretation Theories Introduction In United States v. Jerron D. Williams (7th Cir. Mar. 6, 2026), the...
Qualified Immunity Denials on Warrantless Home Entry Must Address “Clearly Established” Law and a Settled Factual Predicate (Seventh Circuit) Introduction Elias Villalobos v. Louis Picicco (7th Cir....