No. 25-6486

Marvin Bowman v. City of Chicago Board of Education

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2026-01-06
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review court-procedure harm-analysis judicial-error legal-standard summary-judgment
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether or not the courts errored when they applied the significant harm standard to this case when this court had already ruled against it? Whether or not the lower courts errored when/they granted summary judgement to the Defendants and whether or not the Appellate court errored by affirming this ruling?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower courts erroneously applied the significant harm standard and improperly granted summary judgment to the Defendants

Docket Entries

2026-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent City of Chicago Board of Education to respond filed.
2025-12-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 5, 2026)

Attorneys

City of Chicago Board of Education
Erica SeyburnLaw Dept., Bd. of Education of the City of Chicago, Respondent
Marvin Bowman
Marvin Bowman — Petitioner