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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion was posted after IL deadline Thursday.
Yeison Meza Morales v. William Barr
19-1999
Civil. Amends the June 26 opinion in this immigration case reversing the removal order for Yeison Meza Morales and expanding the authority of immigration judges to administratively close cases when warranted. Adds one sentence to a footnote on page 13 of the June 26 opinion expressing no view on whether the government might be precluded from contesting the nonfinal waiver of an immigrant’s inadmissibility. Affirms the June 26 opinion in all other respects. Denies the government’s motion for rehearing in a separate order.
Friday’s opinions
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Robbie Marshall v. Indiana Department of Correction
19-3270
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Terre Haute Division. Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr.
Civil. Affirms the Southern District Court’s grant of summary judgment to the DOC on Robbie Marshall’s claims of sexual-orientation discrimination and retaliation after he was fired following an investigation of sexual harassment allegations against him. Finds Marshall cannot show any statutorily protected activity was the “but for” cause of the adverse employment action, and therefore his retaliation claim fails. Also finds Marshall cannot show sexual-orientation discrimination.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Rasikbhai P. Patel v. State of Indiana (men. dec.)
20A-CR-00284
Criminal. Affirms Rasikbhai Patel’s 13-year sentence for conviction of Level 3 felony rape. Finds the Tippecanoe Superior Court did not abuse its sentencing discretion and that Patel has failed to demonstrate that his enhanced sentence is an outlier in need of correction under Rule 7(B).
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