Published opinions from 2012. The case name opens the case page.
July 23, 2012689 F.3d 680
The court vacated the denial of Wheeler’s preliminary-injunction motions because the district court relied on inadequate grounds and had not promptly screened a complaint alleging severe, ongoing pain.
May 14, 2012680 F.3d 859
The court held that the district court prematurely dismissed Gomez’s excessive-force, deliberate-indifference claims against Sergeant Palmer and an unidentified medical technician, and First Amendment retaliation claim.
March 28, 2012675 F.3d 743
The court held that the alleged pattern of numerous baseless parking tickets by officers of one police unit plausibly stated class-of-one equal protection and related conspiracy claims, even without identifying a comparator or expressly alleging facts linking the officers to an agreement.
February 9, 2012668 F.3d 896
The Seventh Circuit held that Booker-El had Article III standing because his allegation of a colorable entitlement to benefits from the recreation fund supported a substantial-risk injury, but it concluded that Indiana law gave him no protected property interest in the fund.
The court reversed summary judgment on Coleman’s Title VII race- and sex-discrimination and retaliation claims because the evidence permitted a jury to find that the Postal Service treated comparable employees more leniently and that its stated reason for firing Coleman was pretextual.