December 05, 2024
A former staffer suing retired U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Posner for $170,000 in back pay has rejected Judge Posner's claim that the suit is untimely, arguing the onetime Seventh Circuit jurist's conduct was so egregious that it's exempt from otherwise relevant statutes of limitations.
October 17, 2024
A former staffer for retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner's now-defunct pro se clinic can't disqualify the magistrate judge on his $170,000 suit because disagreements over the judge's orders aren't enough to prove bias and favoritism, an Indiana federal judge ruled Wednesday.
October 04, 2024
Retired U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner asked an Indiana federal court on Friday to grant him a summary judgment win in litigation alleging he stiffed a man out of a six-figure salary after hiring him to run a now-defunct pro bono legal services organization, saying the suit's claims are "untimely."
August 08, 2024
The so-called pro se litigation expert suing retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner for $170,000 argued Wednesday that the magistrate judge handling the parties' discovery should be removed from the case because he has proven to be biased in Posner's favor.
July 15, 2024
An Indiana federal judge stopped short of granting the most serious sanctions requested by retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner in his defense of a $170,000 breach of contract suit brought by a pro se litigation "expert," including the dismissal of the case and a "significant monetary" penalty.
March 07, 2024
The so-called pro se litigation "expert" suing retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner for $170,000 has hit back at Posner's bid to have him sanctioned for gratuitous "personal attacks" — by accusing Posner of "hypocrisy," calling the former judge's friend a murdering "deranged societal misfit," and alleging that Posner hired a "serial liar" attorney to bolster his case.
February 20, 2024
Retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner is asking an Indiana federal judge to impose "the most severe sanctions" against a noted pro se litigant who claims Posner reneged on a promise to pay him to run a short-lived pro bono services organization, saying the man has repeatedly lied during litigation and improperly accused opposing counsel of perjury.
September 26, 2023
Retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner can't escape a lawsuit alleging he stiffed a man out of a six-figure salary after hiring him to run a now-defunct pro bono legal services organization.
June 22, 2023
A man who claims retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner hired him to run a now-defunct pro bono legal services organization should be allowed to pursue his breach of contract claim accusing Posner of stiffing him out of a six-figure salary, an Indiana magistrate judge said Wednesday.
July 12, 2022
Retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner urged an Indiana federal court to dismiss a suit from a man who claims the former judge stiffed him out of a six-figure salary to run a now-defunct pro bono legal services organization for pro se litigants, arguing Monday that their alleged agreement was too indefinite to form a binding contract.