United States Seventh Circuit - January 2009 Opinion Summaries

Khan v. Filip

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) order is denied in part and dismissed in part. Under 8 U.S.C. section 1158(a)(3), the Court...

US v. Poole

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District Court's denial of Defendant's motion for reduction of sentence for drug conviction is affirmed where the District Court lacked jurisdiction...

Nelms v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Denial of Supplemental Security Income benefits is remanded. The ALJ failed to fairly and fully develop the record at the administrative hearing.

Stepanovic v. Filip

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision is dismissed. The Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to review the BIA's...

HK Sys., Inc. v. Eaton Corp.

Contracts
In an action for breach of contract, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed. Under Wisconsin law, Defendant's contractual duty of indemnification...

US v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' convictions were affirmed in part and vacated in part. Defendant's joinder in the trial with his co-defendants was proper, because the...

Teague v. Mayo

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, judgment against Plaintiff is affirmed where the District Court's delay in screening Plaintiff prisoner's...

Jones v. Springfield

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed. Plaintiff failed to present evidence that a vacancy existed for the position he...

EEOC v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the EEOC to enforce a subpoena connected to an investigation of Defendant-Employer's discriminatory hiring practices, the dismissal of...

US v. Millbrook

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for drug, firearm and witness tampering offenses is affirmed. The District Court properly denied Defendant's motion to suppress...