Seventh Circuit Reinforces Waiver and Presumed Reasonableness in Anders Sentencing Appeals After Defendant Accepts the Guidelines Range Case: United States v. Anthony M. Taylor (No. 25-2218) Court:...
Seventh Circuit: § 1981 Complaints Must Plead Non-Speculative Race Causation; Weak Comparator Allegations Cannot Supply Plausibility Case: Yubo Miao v. United Airlines, Inc. (No. 25-1649) Court:...
Recklessness Is the Mens Rea for 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) in the Seventh Circuit (Post-Counterman) I. Introduction United States v. Farhan Sheikh (7th Cir. Jan. 13, 2026) addresses the constitutionality...
Generalized “Dear Colleague” Pressure Plus Process Errors, Without Case-Specific Evidence, Does Not Show Title IX Sex Bias Case: Matthew Metzler v. Loyola University Chicago Court: United States...
Functional Software Descriptions Are Not “Concrete Secrets” Under the DTSA; Late-Stage “Other Proprietary Information” Theories May Be Excluded Introduction NEXT Payment Solutions, Inc. v. CLEAResult...
Defective Notice-to-Appear Time/Date Omissions Are Forfeitable Claim-Processing Errors; Hardship Denials Reviewed Under Clear-and-Unmistakable-Error Framework Introduction In Francisco...
§ 1983 Limits: No Fifth Amendment Due Process Claim Against State Actors; Absolute Immunity for Prosecutors Reviewing Warrant Affidavits 1. Introduction Dale Economan v. James Luttrull (Seventh...
Vacated-Precedent Reliance Is Not Remandable Error When the BIA Affirms on Independent, Dispositive Grounds and the Petitioner Waives Merits I. Introduction In Brenda Organiz-Perez De Lorenzo v....
§ 1983 Plaintiffs Cannot Use the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause Against State Actors; Prosecutors Are Absolutely Immune for Reviewing Search-Warrant Affidavits 1. Introduction Dale Economan v....
§ 1983 Pleading Rule: No Fifth Amendment Due Process Claim Against State Actors; Prosecutors Absolutely Immune for Reviewing Search-Warrant Affidavits 1. Introduction Dale Economan v. Garrison Law...
Contraindicated Medication Advice After Diagnosis Creates a Jury Issue on Deliberate Indifference Case: Vernell Freeman v. Kimberly Myers and Noe Marandet Court: Court of Appeals for the Seventh...
Trivial Five‑Minute Courtroom Closures to Memorialize an Unrecorded Sidebar Do Not Implicate the Sixth Amendment Public‑Trial Right; Post‑Event Performance Plans Are Properly Excluded as Remote...
Anders Dismissal Where “Serious Bodily Injury” and Permanent-Scarring Enhancement Are Supported and Sentencing Objections Are Waived 1. Introduction In United States v. Julian Breal (7th Cir. Jan. 9,...
Post-Snyder § 666 Bribery in the Seventh Circuit: Quid Pro Quo Required, No “Magic Words,” and “Corruptly” Means Intent to Trade Value for Influence 1. Introduction United States v. Charles Cui (7th...
Pleading Self-Defense to Overcome Probable Cause in § 1983 False-Arrest Claims (Illinois Battery) Introduction In Malcolm Brogsdale v. Annette Torres-Corona, an off-duty Chicago police officer,...
Seventh Circuit Tightens Standing in Telehealth-Abortion Challenges: No “Probabilistic” Members, No Generalized Stigma, and No Redress Where Other Statutes Independently Bar the Conduct I....
Above-Guidelines Variances: Serious Uncharged Conduct Can Supply a Sufficiently Compelling Justification Without a Numerical “Variance Math” Explanation Introduction United States v. Jerry J. Jones...
Mild Mental Limitations Need Not Appear in the RFC When the ALJ Explains Their Minimal Work Impact and Substantial Evidence Supports the Omission Introduction In Kenneth Kruckow v. Frank Bisignano,...
Manager/Supervisor Role Enhancement Turns on Relative Culpability (Not Direct Control) and Unraised Sentencing-Disparity Objections Are Waived After the Garcia-Segura Inquiry Introduction In United...
Limits on Absolute Immunity for Extra-Judicial Brady/Giglio Disclosures and Due-Process Liability for Resignation Induced by Misrepresentation Case: Randall Martin v. Robert Goldsmith, et al., No....