Scope: Federal
Branch: Judicial
Severity: Green
Date occurred: August 13, 2026
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision in Reginald Chapman v. Eileen O'Neill Burke, docketed as No. 25-1311 and classified as a civil rights matter. The decision was issued on August 13, 2026.
Constitutional basis: Routine Article III appellate review of a civil rights claim, a repeatedly exercised judicial function within settled jurisdiction.