Attorney's Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

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ISBN: 978-1-57862-694-6 862+ pp.; 8th ed., 2023-24 (includes 2024-25 and 2025-26 supplements)
Attorney's Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

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You’ll proceed with confidence as the The Attorney's Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals walks you through the process of appealing to the Seventh Circuit. You’ll always know what to do next with the step-by-step guidance of experienced practitioners. You’ll also be forewarned of known pitfalls — especially useful if this is an area of law in which you haven’t practiced before or in some time.

The 2025–2026 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

  • Revised discussion of the factors that the court reviews in considering a request for a stay of proceedings or stay of an injunction
  • Expanded discussion of the scope of judicial review over mixed questions of law and fact
  • A 2025 Seventh Circuit opinion discussing amended notices of appeal
  • A new Note discussing the plausibility pleading standard in the antitrust context

The 2024–2025 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

  • Changes to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, including rescission of Fed. R. App. P. 35 and transfer of en banc procedure to Fed. R. App. P. 40
  • Creation of 7th Cir. R. 46.1 governing duties, withdrawal, and appointment of trial counsel in criminal cases and adoption of the Seventh Circuit’s Appellate Criminal Justice Act Plan
  • Seventh Circuit decisions from 2023 and 2024 analyzing standard of review in cases presenting mixed questions of law and fact
  • Modifications to 7th Cir. R. 31 reducing the number of copies of briefs required by Fed. R. App. P. 31(b)
  • A new section discussing a 2024 decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in which the court considered the defendant’s argument that the plaintiff should furnish an appeal bond in the event the appeal incurred Fed. R. App. P. 38 sanctions

The 2023–24 revision includes a number of changes such as:

  • A 2024 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit discussing what types of nonmonetary sanctions are appealable
  • Three Seventh Circuit opinions, issued in 2022 and 2023, addressing when an appeal can be expedited
  • A 2023 Seventh Circuit opinion regarding the procedure under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for individuals in federal custody to challenge the validity of a conviction or an imposed sentence, and four 2023 Seventh Circuit decisions illustrating when a federal prisoner can bring a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 instead of 28 U.S.C. § 2255
  • A 2024 Seventh Circuit decision and a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning appellate review of immigration decisions

Volume I

1. Organization of the Court

2. Jurisdiction

3. Expedited Appeals, Emergency Appeals, and Temporary Relief Pending Appeal

4. Preparing and Filing the Appeal

5. Record on Appeal

6. Direct Criminal Appeals

7. Habeas Corpus: Conflicts Between State and Federal Courts

8. In Forma Pauperis Appeals; Appointed Counsel

9. Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions

10. Motion Practice

11. Standards of Review

12. The Brief

Volume II

13. Scheduling Oral Argument; Submission Without Oral Argument

14. Presenting Oral Argument

15. Proceedings After the Argument

16. Damages, Double Costs, and Fees

Appendices

Index

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