By: Derek Hawkins//September 12, 2016//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Elouise Bradley v. Jennifer Sabree, et al
Case No.: 16-1774
Officials: MANION, ROVNER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges
Focus: Claim Preclusion – Meritless Appeal
Appellant attempts, for a third time, to appeal revocation of license to operate a daycare center.
“On appeal Bradley does not meaningfully challenge the district court’s application of claim preclusion and instead maintains that her complaint stated a claim. But the court properly concluded that claim preclusion bars her claims here because they involved the same parties (five of the defend‐ ants, not including Kerber) as well as the same core of operative facts, and the litigation in the prior suit had resulted in a final judgment on the merits. See Bernstein v. Bankert, 733 F.3d 190, 226 (7th Cir. 2013); Ross ex rel. Ross v. Bd. of Educ. of Twp. High Sch. Dist. 211, 486 F.3d 279, 283–84 (7th Cir. 2007). Brad‐ ley does not try to clarify her claims against Kerber, the defendant who was not involved in the prior suit, and we see no basis to disturb the court’s decision that Bradley failed to state a claim against Kerber or any of the other defendants.”
Affirmed