No. 22-1144

Farva Jafri v. Signal Funding, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: appellate-review civil-rights employment-discrimination equal-pay equal-pay-act human-rights-act judicial-bias judicial-recusal media-attention summary-judgment
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Honorable Judge Easterbrook and the Honorable Judge Wood should have voluntarily recused themselves

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED png gy wea cel 1. Whether the Honorable Judge Easterbrook and ‘ ; the Honorable Judge Wood of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals should have voluntarily recused themselves in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) because Jafri had previously been reprimanded by them, they had to vacate their reprimand, and this ; ordeal received attention from the media. 2. Whether the United States District Court for the Northern District of Tlinois Eastern Division erred in dismissing Jafri’s Illinois Human Rights Act claims (Counts III and IV) and in granting summary judgment to Defendant in Jafri’s Illinois Equal Pay Act claims (Counts I and II), and whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court as Jafri pleaded sufficient facts to show harassment, and these facts should be considered in the aggregate to support the Equal Pay Act claim. ii LIST OF PROCEEDINGS IN STATE AND FEDERAL TRIAL AND APPELLATE COURTS e =6Jafri v. Signal Funding LLC, No. 19 C 645, US. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Judgment entered July 7, 2022. e §6Jafri v. Signal Funding, LLC, No. 22-2394, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Judgment entered Dec. 15, 2022. RELATED CASES ¢ Oasis Legal Fin. Operating Co., LLC v. Chodes, No. 20-2951, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Judgment entered Dec. 6, 2021.

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-03-15

Attorneys

Farva Jafri
Farva Jafri — Petitioner
Farva Jafri — Petitioner