A man who unknowingly pleaded guilty to a charge for which the statute of limitations had run has failed to secure habeas relief at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals after also failing to secure post-conviction relief in the state courts.
A woman who sued her ex-employer for fraud after her position was eliminated the day she started work cannot add a new fraud claim to her amended complaint, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the convictions and sentences for five people who took part in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration, with the exception of a clerical error in a supervised release condition for one of the defendants.
A hospital director who claimed she couldn’t wear a mask to work during COVID due to her anxiety failed to convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that her discrimination and retaliation claims against her former employer should be revived.
A split 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s denial of The Bail Project’s motion for a preliminary injunction against a law that puts limits on whom charitable bail organizations can bail out of jail.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reverse preliminary injunctions against two school districts, upholding orders for the districts to allow transgender students to use the boys’ bathrooms.
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A district court ruled correctly in granting summary judgment and denying a transgender man and his significant other’s claims that they had their rights to privacy violated, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana Magistrate Judge Joshua P. Kolar has been nominated to fill the vacancy on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals created by the death last summer of Judge Michael Kanne.
An Illinois animal hospital that sued Indiana-based animal health company Elanco for allegedly illegal advertising practices could not convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that two faxes it received from Elanco violated federal advertising law.
A man’s conviction for aggravated vehicular hijacking met the criteria to be classified as a crime of violence for the purposes of a sentence enhancement, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday a district court’s ruling to impose a supervised release condition on a convicted rapist that failed to register as a sex offender in Indiana.
A district court correctly dismissed a complaint alleging an Indianapolis police officer violated a woman’s 14th Amendment rights when he struck and killed her while driving to work, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Tuesday.
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Addressing for the second time the case of a Roncalli High School counselor who was fired for being in a same-sex marriage, the 7th Circuit has again upheld judgment for the Catholic school and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis under the ministerial exception.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is asking the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the preliminary injunction entered against a new Indiana law banning gender transition care for minors.
A discrepancy between the jury instructions and indictment didn’t warrant overturning a man’s conviction in a child sexual exploitation case, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in affirming a district court’s decision.
A man who was hit and tased by law enforcement after his mother requested a wellness check failed to convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that the sheriff’s deputies entered the home unlawfully and used excessive force.
A trio of men linked to an Indianapolis drug trafficking ring failed to sway the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, as the appellate court affirmed Monday a lower court’s convictions and sentencing on methamphetamine distribution-related charges.
A split 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a prisoner’s habeas petition after 5,700 days of accrued good time credit were revoked and his prison release date was extended by more than 15 years following his assault of a correctional officer.