38 results for 'judge:"St. Eve"'.
J. St. Eve finds that the lower court properly convicted defendant of racketeering, attempted murder, kidnapping, and drug offenses, and sentenced him to life in prison. Defendant was properly convicted of attempted murder after he shot an arresting officer in the finger, and the state proved that this crime was a crime of violence for sentencing purposes. Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: St. Eve, Filed On: July 5, 2023, Case #: 22-1477, Categories: Murder, Sentencing, Racketeering
J. St. Eve finds that the immigration board properly ordered the Honduran citizen deported, despite his legitimate fear that he will be next victim in a decades-long feud between his family and another family sparked by a fatal romance in 1996. The immigrant cannot show that the Honduran government is unable or unwilling to protect him from persecution. Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: St. Eve, Filed On: July 5, 2023, Case #: 22-2909, Categories: Immigration
J. St. Eve finds that the SSA improperly denied the man's application for disability benefits after relying on medical records belonging to someone else. It is unclear from the record whether the administrative judge relied on these medical records improperly included in the file. Reversed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: St. Eve, Filed On: June 30, 2023, Case #: 22-1820, Categories: Social Security
[Consolidated.] J. St. Eve finds that the lower court improperly found for the medical manufacturer in a products liability suit over defective inferior vena cava filters that perforated the patients' veins. The patients experienced no pain or other symptoms, so their damages were less than $75,000 each, and federal courts lack jurisdiction over this matter. Vacated.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: St. Eve, Filed On: June 23, 2023, Case #: 22-1844, Categories: Health Care, Product Liability, Jurisdiction
J. St. Eve finds that the bankruptcy court properly dismissed the trustee's lawsuit alleging that the debtor orchestrated a payoff agreement weeks before it declared bankruptcy as part of an attempt to keep its Ponzi scheme running just a little bit longer. The payoff agreement was not avoidable because it does not qualify as a transfer of "an interest of the debtor in property." Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: St. Eve, Filed On: June 22, 2023, Case #: 22-2436, Categories: Bankruptcy
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J. St. Eve finds that the lower court properly ruled against the man who suffered a cardiac arrest while taking the testosterone replacement therapy drug Androderm. The jury decided against him just hours before the attorney received discovery in a related case showing that the FDA required the pharmaceutical company to conduct a trial to study a potential causal link between Androderm and high blood pressure. However, this evidence would probably not have resulted in a different verdict. Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: St. Eve, Filed On: June 20, 2023, Case #: 22-2664, Categories: Health Care, Product Liability, Discovery
J. St. Eve finds that the lower court properly for the city on a firefighter's claims that the city condoned aggressive behavior and a "code of silence" that resulted in her attack by another firefighter. The firefighter failed to present more than evidence of individual misconduct in order to give rise to a valid Monell claim, as there is no record that any other firefighter had ever been violent against another firefighter while on duty before. Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: St. Eve, Filed On: June 15, 2023, Case #: 22-2022, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination
J. St. Eve affirms a district court ruling that police conducted a proper search when they arrested a defendant for illegal possession of a firearm found in a nearby black jacket he had allegedly abandoned. The defendant unsuccessfully argued that the lower court erred by finding that he could reach the gun in the black jacket, one of two jackets draped on chairs on either side of him in a barroom when police arrived to arrest him on outstanding warrants. Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: St. Eve, Filed On: June 2, 2023, Case #: 22-2696, Categories: Firearms, Search