United States v. Cohen: False Statements About Another’s Sex‑Offender Registration “Relate To” Sex Offenses for Sentencing Purposes I. Introduction In United States v. James A. Cohen, No. 25‑1746...
Professional Judgment, Unknown Risks, and Prison Medical Care: A Commentary on Sawyer v. Kottemann (7th Cir. 2025) Note: This commentary is for informational and educational purposes only and does...
Schoeps v. Sompo Holdings: No Federal Common-Law Cause of Action Under the HEAR Act and Narrow Limits on Specific Personal Jurisdiction in Nazi-Looted Art Litigation I. Introduction This Seventh...
Bostic v. Murray: Clarifying Supervisory Liability and Deliberate Indifference for Subordinate Sexual Misconduct in the Seventh Circuit I. Introduction In Lorena E. Bostic v. Clarence D. Murray & Jan...
Gang Recruitment as Generalized Crime: The Nexus Requirement Reaffirmed in Serpas‑Villalobos v. Bondi (7th Cir. 2025) I. Introduction This commentary analyzes the Seventh Circuit’s nonprecedential...
Reaffirming the Enforceability of Non‑Negotiable Appellate Waivers and the Deference Owed to Below‑Guidelines Sentences: Commentary on United States v. Briana White I. Introduction This commentary...
United States v. Cornelius: Erlinger’s Jury-Fact-Finding Rule Does Not Apply to Advisory Sentencing Guidelines Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Case: United States v....
No Implied Private Right of Action Under LMRDA § 481(g): Commentary on Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Educators for Excellence, Inc. I. Introduction This Seventh Circuit decision addresses a...
Flowers v. Bondi: Enforcing Jurisdictional Limits on Review of Discretionary Immigration Relief I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s nonprecedential order in Jeannette Loretta Flowers v. Pamela J....
Jurisdictional Limits on Reviewing Discretionary Denials of Cancellation of Removal After Patel and Wilkinson: Commentary on Flowers v. Bondi I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s nonprecedential...
Reaffirming that Social Security ALJs Need Not Expressly Recite the “Preponderance of the Evidence” Standard: Commentary on Bigger v. Bisignano (7th Cir. 2025) I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s...
Miscalculated Prison Law Library Deadlines Do Not Constitute “Cause” for Habeas Procedural Default: A Detailed Commentary on Terence L. Jannke v. Michael Gierach, No. 23‑2485 (7th Cir. Nov. 17, 2025)...
Refusal to Participate in Internal Investigation Is Not Protected Activity Absent a Contemporaneous, Good‑Faith Belief of Opposing Discrimination Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh...
“Appearance” Requires Readiness to Proceed: Seventh Circuit’s Nonprecedential Reaffirmation on Self-Representation, Speedy Trial Exclusions, and Sentencing Enhancements in United States v. Kevin...
Broad “Relating To” Under § 2251(e) Survives Plain-Error Review: Applying the Enhancement to an Illinois Predicate that Also Protects Adults with Severe Intellectual Disabilities Introduction In...
Seventh Circuit (Nonprecedential) Reaffirms Limits on § 1985(3) Private Conspiracies and Confirms § 1915(e)(2) Screening Applies to Fee-Paying Litigants; No FDCPA or Fraud Liability for Authorized...
De Minimis Detention and the Heck Bar: Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal While Sidestepping the Summers Arrest‑Warrant Split Introduction In David E. Jackson, III and Nickole A. Jackson v. Richard...
Inadvertent BOP Release Does Not Extinguish an Undischarged Consecutive Term: Limits of the “Installment Punishment” Rule in McKinney v. Lauritsen (7th Cir. 2025) Court: United States Court of...
Delegating Courtroom Security Decisions Is Error but Harmless Absent Prejudice; Departmental Policies Do Not Define Fourth Amendment Standards Case: Joshua Lee Vinson, Sr. v. Jason DeBruin, et al....
Accrual Ends at the Last Denial: Seventh Circuit Confirms Wisconsin’s Split Limitations Regime and Rejects Continuing‑Violation Tolling for Lingering Pain in § 1983 Medical‑Indifference Claims...