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“Appearance” Requires Readiness to Proceed: Seventh Circuit’s Nonprecedential Reaffirmation on Self-Representation, Speedy Trial Exclusions, and Sentencing Enhancements in United States v. Kevin...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Seventh Circuit (Nonprecedential) Reaffirms Limits on § 1985(3) Private Conspiracies and Confirms § 1915(e)(2) Screening Applies to Fee-Paying Litigants; No FDCPA or Fraud Liability for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...
Reaffirming TVPA Restitution as “Gross Income” with No Forfeiture Offset and Upholding Recording-Device Supervised-Release Conditions: United States v. Austin Koeckeritz (7th Cir. 2025) Note: This is...
When Video Shows Ongoing Resistance, K‑9 Force to Secure Handcuffs Is Not “Malicious and Sadistic” Under the Eighth Amendment Introduction This commentary examines the Seventh Circuit’s...
Prejudgment Interest May Be Awarded on Noneconomic Damages in § 1983 Cases, But Must Be Limited to Past Losses: Seventh Circuit’s Clarification in Bolden v. Pesavento Court: United States Court of...
Drug-Quantity Estimates in § 3582(c)(2) Motions: Inconsistencies ≠ Incredibility; No Barnes Parity; Amendment 821 Relief Requires a Lowered Range Introduction This Seventh Circuit nonprecedential...
Reaffirming Stacked Vulnerable‑Victim Enhancements and the Foreign‑Scheme Increase: Seventh Circuit’s Anders Dismissal in United States v. Ramos‑Soto Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
Acceptance ≠ Interchangeability: Seventh Circuit Holds ABPN’s MOC Is Not a CME Substitute for Antitrust Tying Purposes Introduction In Emily Elizabeth Lazarou v. American Board of Psychiatry and...
Rule 35(b)(1)’s One-Year Deadline Is a Waivable Claim-Processing Rule; District Courts May Weigh Frivolous Postconviction Litigation When Fixing Substantial-Assistance Reductions Introduction In...
Detaining a Probationer on a Post-Bond Hold Without a Prompt Morrissey Hearing Plausibly Violates Due Process; Jail Administrators May Be Liable for Continuing Unlawful Detention Nonprecedential...
Harmless Overstatement of Supervised Release and Enforcement of Appeal Waivers in Anders Proceedings: United States v. Domingo Francisco‑Juan (7th Cir. 2025) Introduction In United States v. Domingo...
Concurrent Supervised Release Terms and Harmless Rule 11 Misadvisement in an Anders Appeal Introduction In United States v. Domingo Francisco-Juan (Nos. 24-1594 & 24-1595), the United States Court of...
Reliability Requires Bias Analysis: Seventh Circuit Tightens Rule 702 for Litigation-Generated Epidemiology and Upholds Return-Conditioned “100% Satisfaction” Warranties Introduction In Gilbert v....
Independent Investigations Break the Cat’s Paw: Seventh Circuit Clarifies Comparator Rules and Causation in Age Discrimination Claims Introduction In Ronald Gaines v. Thomas J. Dart, the U.S. Court...