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   Federal Courts - 7th Circuit Court of Appeals - March 24, 2006

  
Adams v. Bledsoe, No. 05-2882, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 24, 2006, Decided
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Chao v. Gunite Corp., No. 04-4017, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: If both sides agreed on a matter, such as fact that planned changes would significantly decrease level of silica in foundry's atmosphere, there was no requirement that evidence be introduced to support that fact or conclusion; court found nothing in record that hinted at any purely procedural failing in the Secretary of Labor's handling of case.

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Feaster v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., No. 05-1769, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: In a Title VII and Equal Pay Act case, a district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a former employer was affirmed because the former employee failed to provide material evidence of discrimination or retaliation under either the direct or indirect methods of proof and she was not treated less favorably than a similarly situated male.

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Gross v. White, No. 05-1773, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Illinois Secretary of State and his officials were properly granted summary judgment on hostile work environment claims because the employee violated Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(9) by failing to cite to the record or legal authority and presented no evidence that she was injured by her transfer to another facility after she complained of harassment.

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Harris v. Donahue, No. 05-2195, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Dismissal, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.S. § 1915A(b)(1), was premature because an inmate sufficiently stated a claim that a policy, which prohibited children of sex offenders from visiting, violated his important due process interest in developing relations with them and the Indiana Department of Corrections had not explained the purpose for its policy.

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Hashish v. Gonzales, No. 05-2266, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Alien was ineligible for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C.S. § 1229b(b)(1) because his convictions of theft of a recordable sound and obtaining unauthorized control over another's property under 720 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/16-1 involved actions traditionally considered "theft" and therefore were crimes of moral turpitude.

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Holmes v. United States VA, No. 05-3643, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: An order of dismissal was vacated and the case was remanded for further proceedings to determine if a court employee effectively prevented plaintiff from filing a new lawsuit as the district court had directed by insisting that plaintiff reinstate his old lawsuit instead, and if so, the district court was to allow the case to proceed.

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Pede v. Gonzales, No. 05-1897, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Where alien moved to reopen adjustment of status hearing and government did not decide motion, and IJ had previously granted several continuances, IJ's refusal to allow another continuance because of ultimate hopelessness of alien's adjustment application was acceptable basis for IJ's exercise of discretion.

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Reddy v. Cotton, No. 05-1761, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Denial of inmate's 28 U.S.C.S. § 2254 habeas corpus petition, which challenged a disciplinary conviction and sanction, was affirmed where, inter alia, there was enough evidence to support sanction because officer's report was sufficient to support a conduct adjustment board's finding that inmate disobeyed order not to hang undershorts on bed rail.

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Sokolov v. Gonzales, No. 04-3218, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: A petition for review was dismissed because the court lacked jurisdiction to review the determination that the alien's asylum application was filed more than a year after the alien had entered the United States and the court lacked jurisdiction to review the IJ's exercise of discretion in denying the alien's application for adjustment of status.

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