United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Poe v. US

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion as untimely is affirmed where the motion came over a year after the Supreme Court decision in Richardson v....

Lino v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of reinstatement of removal order and the denial of adjustment of status application is denied where section 241(a)(5) of the INA...

Ali v. Achim

Administrative Law, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
Denial of habeas corpus petition is dismissed as moot. Petition for review of BIA denial of waiver of inadmissibility, asylum, and withholding of...

US v. Ginglen

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of a motion to suppress evidence of bank robberies seized from the defendant's home is affirmed, along with his numerous bank robbery and...

Cady v. Sheahan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for officers in a 18 U.S.C. 1983 suit alleging false imprisonment, false arrest, and illegal search and seizure is affirmed where: 1)...

US v. Kafo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Denial of a motion brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2255 is vacated and remanded where defendant's amended motion was insufficient because it was...

Luks v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in an age discrimination suit is affirmed where plaintiff did not produce any direct evidence that age was a factor in...

US v. Zaccagnino

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentences for racketeering, mail and wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracies are affirmed where the district court did not clearly err in adding...

Burgess v. Watters

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Indian Law
Denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over prisoner's argument that, as a member of an Indian tribe, the State of Wisconsin lacked...

Ahmed v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of asylum is denied where the IJ's conclusion that petitioner did not suffer past persecution and has no well-founded...