Seventh Circuit: § 1983 Damages Complaints Seeking Only Money and Naming Former Officials Plead Personal-Capacity Claims (Not Eleventh-Amendment-Barred), and the Fourth Circuit “Martin” Factors Do...
Closed-Attraction Trespasser Rule: Tacit “Go-Ahead” Plus Known Safety Disablement Can Create a Jury Question on Recklessness (7th Cir.) 1) Introduction Case: Eric Stupak v. Mont du Lac Snowsports,...
Independent Traffic Violation and Attenuation Cure an Earlier Unlawful Prolongation; Redundant Records Checks During Ongoing Citation Work Do Not “Prolong” a Stop Case: United States v. Robert...
Objective-Reasonableness Standard Governs Civil Detainee Diet Claims; Qualified Immunity Applies Where Kosher Request Appears Insincere and Officials Lack Personal Involvement Introduction In Logan...
“Gainful Occupation” Is Unambiguous in “Total Disability” Clauses That Bar Any Other Work, Confirming a General (Not Occupational) Disability Standard 1) Introduction In Brian Caraba, D.D.S. v. Paul...
Non-Medical Prison Officials Are Not Deliberately Indifferent Absent Notice of Medical Mistreatment; Counsel Illness Can Supply Rule 16 Good Cause Introduction In Stanley Boclair v. Anthony Wills, et...
Objective-Reasonableness Review for Civil Detainee Diet Claims and Qualified Immunity Where Kosher-Diet Sincerity Is Unclear 1. Introduction In Logan Dyjak v. Melanie Kluzek, et al. (7th Cir. Sept....
Post–Loper Bright Seventh Circuit Rule: Independent Construction of § 1227(a)(2)(E)(i) and a “Unitary” Generic Crime of Child Abuse Requiring (At Least) Criminal Negligence I. Introduction In Maria...
Verified Complaints and “Extreme” Verbal Harassment: Evidence, Local-Rule Compliance, and the Eighth Amendment at Summary Judgment 1. Introduction In James Kruger v. Tristan Retzlaff (7th Cir. Sept....
Hallucinations Alone Do Not Trigger a Sua Sponte Competency Hearing; Employment Conditions with Built-In Alternatives Survive Plain-Error Review 1. Introduction In United States v. Matthew Frazier...
Accrual Turns on Knowledge of Injury and Cause—Not Legal Significance; Illinois “Legal Disability” Tolling Requires Near-Total Incapacity 1. Introduction Case: Vicqui Washington v. City of Chicago,...
Federal-Sector Title VII: Hostile-Environment Claims Require a Timely Act Within the 45-Day EEO Window; Constructive Discharge Requires Sex-Based Causation Introduction In Alexis Rachwalski v. Todd...
Conflict-of-Interest Malpractice Requires Pleading a Colorable Lost Claim and Statute-of-Limitations Causation 1. Introduction Amanda Sima v. Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP and Justin...
A Verbal Dispute and a Single Missed Swing Are Insufficient “Notice” of a High-Degree Risk Under the Fourteenth Amendment Failure-to-Protect Standard 1. Introduction Randy Talley v. Carl Gloede (7th...
§ 2G2.2(c)(1) Cross-Reference Applies Without Proof of a “Live” Feed; Plea Admissions Waive Contrary Sentencing Facts Case: United States v. Jose Sanchez (No. 24-3022) Court: Court of Appeals for the...
Competitor Unfair-Competition Claims Fall Outside Platform Ad-Term Arbitration Clauses Absent a Sufficient Nexus to the Advertiser Relationship Case: Metroplex Communications, Inc. v. Meta Platforms,...
United States v. Musselman: Harmless-Foreperson Internet “Roadmap” Misconduct and Heightened-Duty Willful Blindness for the Ostrich Instruction Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit...
Waiver of Remmer Uncertainty & Willful-Blindness (“Ostrich”) Knowledge in Medicare Billing Fraud Case: United States v. Carrie Musselman (Nos. 25-2173 & 25-2494) Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Ambiguity in “Any Person” Robbery Statutes Requires a Realistic-Probability Showing; Indiana Robbery Remains a Guidelines “Crime of Violence” 1. Introduction In United States v. Sergio Gamez (7th...
ERISA Permits State PBM Cost Regulation and “Necessitated, Incidental” Reporting to Enforce It 1. Introduction In Central States SE & SW Areas Health & Welfare Fund v. Alan McClain, the Seventh...