Equitable Vacatur of Overbroad Executive-Branch Injunctions After Voluntary Dismissal 1. Introduction Chicago Headline Club v. Kristi Noem (7th Cir. Mar. 5, 2026) arose from clashes during “Operation...
Rule 32 “Good Cause” Permits Late PSR Objections to Correct Material Guidelines Errors; Express Agreement to the Guidelines Calculation Waives Appellate Challenge I. Introduction United States v....
RLUIPA’s “No Subsidy” Principle Applied to Devotional Scheduling: De Minimis Out-of-Pocket Costs Are Not a “Substantial Burden” I. Introduction Shareef Childs v. Cheryl Webster (7th Cir. Mar. 4,...
Post-Termination Retroactive Intermittent FMLA Requests Do Not Create Entitlement; Employer Notice Rules Enforced I. Introduction In Elizabeth Chitwood v. Ascension Health Alliance, the Seventh...
Sentence Disparity Alone Cannot Overcome State Credibility Findings on § 2254 Review of Frye Plea-Prejudice Claims Case: Michael Connor v. Brittany Greene Court: Court of Appeals for the Seventh...
Seventh Circuit: Arguments Not Raised in Response to Summary Judgment Are Waived; Civil Plain-Error Review Remains Extraordinary Case: Crothersville Lighthouse Tabernacle Church, Incorporated v....
Controllers Cannot Bind a Debtor LLC to Pay Their Lawyers Absent Nonconclusory Proof of a Primary Promise or Textual Indemnification Rights I. Introduction Ballard Spahr LLP v. Official Committee of...
Seventh Circuit Requires Damages-Phase Precision in Prison Sexual-Abuse Failure-to-Protect Cases: “Bait” Plans Defeat Qualified Immunity; Timing/Theory Must Be Resolved for Damages 1. Introduction In...
No Qualified Immunity for “Bait” Tactics After Credible Prison-Rape Report; Damages Must Track the Onset of Deliberate Indifference Case: Andrea Nielsen v. Todd Sexton, et al. (appeals from C.D....
Eighth Amendment “Bait” Investigations: Obvious Unconstitutionality, No Qualified Immunity, and Damages Must Track When Deliberate Indifference Began I. Introduction This Seventh Circuit decision...
Eighth Amendment Failure-to-Protect: “Bait” Investigations Are Obviously Unreasonable, and Damages Must Track the Timing of Deliberate Indifference 1. Introduction This Seventh Circuit decision...
Conservative Treatment of Reducible Hernias Does Not Amount to Deliberate Indifference Absent a Serious Departure from Professional Judgment Introduction In Cornelius Brown v. Reynal Caldwell (7th...
Qualified Immunity for Brief, Pre-Warrant “Welfare-Check” Entries Under the Emergency-Aid Exigency Case: Johnnie Russell v. Ryan Comstock (appeal limited to Colin Powell) Court: Court of Appeals for...
Seventh Circuit: Pro Se Trustees Cannot Litigate for Trusts; “Original Signature” and § 1666 Notice Requirements Bar “Bill of Exchange” Theories Case: Jordan Talley-Smith v. Mission Lane, LLC Court:...
Proof of Subjective Knowledge and Causation as Gatekeepers for Unsanitary-Cell Deliberate-Indifference and Retaliation Claims Introduction In Robert Hall v. Amy Wykes, et al. (7th Cir. Feb. 24, 2026)...
Seventh Circuit Requires Evidentiary Hearing When a Citation Respondent Pays a “Hypothetical” Severance Derived from Expired Options and Offsets Junior Debt Introduction United States v. Thomas...
Service-Level Enlistment Standards May Exceed DoD Minimums, and State Expungements Need Not Be Honored in Federal Military Eligibility Decisions Case: Eric Smith v. Daniel P. Driscoll Court: U.S....
Duration-Driven Liberty Interests at Screening: Long Segregation Requires Fact Development and Predetermined Prison Hearings Violate Due Process 1. Introduction This Seventh Circuit appeal arises...
Strategic Silence as Waiver in Supervised-Release Revocations: Confrontation Objections to Body-Camera Hearsay and Waiver of Release Conditions Introduction In United States v. Sheldon Bains (7th...
Trover v. Oglesby: Skeletal Briefing Forfeits the “Clearly Established” Prong of Qualified Immunity; Rule 37(e)(2)(A) Adverse Inference Requires Intent to Deprive I. Introduction Marleis Trover, as...