By: Derek Hawkins//June 1, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Tonya Davis v. Ernest B. Fenton, et al
Case No.: 16-2121; 16-2165
Officials: POSNER, RIPPLE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Retaliation
In 2013 Tonya Davis sued Ernest Fenton (as well as Fenton’s law firms) in federal district court asserting state malpractice and breach of contract claims, as well as federal Fair Housing Act and Civil Rights Act claims, all arising out of Fenton’s representation of Davis in a mortgage foreclosure action in which Davis had lost her home. Davis alleged that Fenton’s representation of her had been deficient, and that he had targeted her for deficient representation because of her race.
Affirmed