No. 18-6792

Christopher W. Fillmore v. Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-court circuit-split civil-procedure cross-motions district-court equitable-remedies evidence evidence-sufficiency evidentiary-insufficiency judicial-discretion representation-resources summary-judgment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

The District Court affirmed, and the Seventh Circuit agreed, that both Respondent ('Indiana Bell") and Petitioner ("Fillmore") submitted "sparse" — or, rather, insufficient — evidence in their respective cross motions for summary judgment. In light of this, the District Court granted, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed, summary judgment for Indiana Bell. This is patently. unjust. Additionally, it is an act that can not only be seen as counterintuitive to other equitable remedies available, but one that is also in conflict with the decisions made in their circuit alone, among others. Before movi

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court and Seventh Circuit erred in granting summary judgment for Indiana Bell despite finding that both parties submitted 'sparse' or insufficient evidence

Docket Entries

2019-02-28
Case considered closed.
2019-01-07
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until January 28, 2019, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
2018-12-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-27
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana Bell Telephone to respond filed.
2018-11-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 24, 2018)

Attorneys

Christopher W. Fillmore
Christopher W. Fillmore — Petitioner
Indiana Bell Telephone
Laura LindnerLittler Mendelson, P.C., Respondent