United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Estremera v. U.S.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
Summary judgment for government in challenge to penalties imposed under Food Stamp Program regulations is affirmed where: 1) evidence supported...

Solokov v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denials of request for adjustment of status and application for asylum is dismissed where the court lacks jurisdiction to...

Chao v. Gunite Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of four Department of Labor citations against a foundry by the Occupational Safety and Health Commission is reversed and remanded with...

Pede v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Removal order is affirmed where: 1) the IJ did not deny the petitioner her right to have a request for adjustment properly adjudicated since visa...

Hashish v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of BIA denial of cancellation of removal and voluntary departure is dismissed where petitioner's two theft convictions qualified...

U.S. v. Grigg

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Booker challenge to a sentence for possession of child pornography is remanded to the district court where the sentencing limitations contained in the...

Djedovic v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of asylum claim is affirmed where the petitioners did not provide evidence of persecution, and due process claim fails...

Mustafa v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Summary judgment for defendants in a case alleging false arrest and violation of civil rights under 42 U.S.C. 1983 is affirmed where the arresting...

U.S. v. Martinez-Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Sentence in a case of illegal entry into the U.S. is upheld over defendant's arguments of sentence disparity where Congress explicitly accepted...

Freeman v. Berge

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Judgment as a matter of law for the defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 prisoner's suit alleging meal deprivation is affirmed where the prisoner's failure...