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7th Circuit Digest

May 21, 2018

Federal Jurisdiction – Statutory Interpretation

The parties cast this case as one about arbitral immunity, which is the ground on which the district court dismissed the complaint.

May 21, 2018

1st Amendment Violation

Lorenzo Davis worked for Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority.

May 21, 2018

Securities Exchange Fees – SEC – Lack of Jurisdiction

In Citadel Securities, LLC v. Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., we held that “the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing [the] case [of certain securities firms] for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.”

May 21, 2018

Declaratory Judgment – Ordinance Violation – 1st Amendment

HH-Indianapolis, LLC (“HH”), intended to open a retail establishment in Indianapolis under the name “Hustler Hollywood.”

May 21, 2018

Voting Rights – Sex Offender

Plaintiff Brian Valenti is a convicted felon and registered sex offender.

May 15, 2018

ALJ Error – Disability

Claude Britt, now 55, applied for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income after a construction crane toppled over and smashed his big toe.

May 15, 2018

Sentencing Guidelines

Various statutes vest the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) with the authority to make decisions that affect aspects of a federal inmate’s sentence.

May 15, 2018

Sentencing Guidelines

This is Gill’s third time appealing his sentence after he pled guilty in 2011 to one count of conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute.

May 14, 2018

Removal Proceedings

Dudi Yahya petitions for review of the denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings that concluded more than fourteen years ago.

May 14, 2018

Statutory Interpretation – Time-barred

Petitioner Jesus Arreola-Castillo was convicted of a federal drug crime.

May 14, 2018

Failure to State Claim

At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress created the Federal Housing Finance Agency (the Agency) and authorized it to place into conservatorship two critical government‐sponsored enterprises—the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 12 U.S.C. § 4617(a).

May 14, 2018

Disclosure of Electronic Investigative Techniques

This appeal concerns the use of a cell-site simulator to locate someone.

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