The Seventh District Court of Appeals has upheld the 20-year sentence for Christopher Figueroa, who pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, after his attorney's motion to withdraw the plea was denied by ...

It did not help Whittington Davis’ chances Tuesday of getting his April guilty plea to felonious assault rescinded ...

A transgender girl can’t be forced to use a boys’ bathroom or a single-occupancy, gender-neutral alternative pending trial on her challenge to a school district’s bathroom use policy, a federal ...

The 2-1 decision from the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago affirms a ruling from U.S. District Judge John Kness last year that five-term U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of Murphysboro and two GOP ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is telling a federal appeals court that Illinois’ gun and magazine ban is unconstitutional.

She becomes the 43rd federal appeals court judge ... Maldonado to the district court.” Tobias also noted that Maldonado’s confirmation and elevation to the 7th Circuit would make her a ...