No. 25-497

Jacqueline Sterling v. Southlake Nautilus Health & Racquet Club, Inc.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: bankruptcy-discharge contempt-hearing discharge-injunction incarceration-damages reputation-damage tort-principles
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Sterling is entitled to compensation for the decades-long effect of her erroneous incarceration on her reputation and whether a party in contempt can seek to apportion blame to the victim

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

is whether Sterling is entitled to compensation for the decades long effect of this incarceration on her reputation? The second question presented is whether a party in contempt can seek to apportion blame to the victim?

Docket Entries

2026-01-26
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
2025-12-17
Brief of Southlake Nautilus Health & Racquet Club, Inc. in opposition submitted.
2025-12-17
Brief of respondent Southlake Nautilus Health & Racquet Club, Inc. in opposition filed.
2025-11-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 22, 2025.
2025-11-07
Motion of Southlake Nautilus Health & Racquet Club, Inc. for an extension of time submitted.
2025-11-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 21, 2025 to December 22, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-09-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2025)

Attorneys

Jacqueline Sterling
Samuel Abraham ShelistShelist, LLC, Petitioner
Samuel Abraham ShelistShelist, LLC, Petitioner
Southlake Nautilus Health & Racquet Club, Inc.
Kevin Edward SteeleBurke Costanza & Carberry LLP, Respondent
Kevin Edward SteeleBurke Costanza & Carberry LLP, Respondent