No. 25-725

Edward Weinhaus v. Regina A. Scannicchio, Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-19
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: district-court-jurisdiction federal-lawsuit jurisdictional-challenge merits-dismissal rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-decision
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court is precluded from exercising jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine when Petitioner's injury occurred prior to the state-court decision; the federal lawsuit did not seek to disturb any state court decision; and the federal action would not affect any of the other parties to the state court proceeding?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the District Court is precluded from exercising jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine when Petitioner ’s injury occurred prior to the state-court decision; the federal lawsuit did not seek to disturb any state court decision; and the federal action would not affect any of the other parties to the state court proceeding? 2. Whether the Seventh Circuit erred when it purported to reach the merits of Petitioner ’s underlying lawsuit, dismissing the same for failure to state a claim, before conclusively determining that the federal courts had jurisdiction to decide the same?

Docket Entries

2026-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-05
Waiver of right of respondent Regina Scannicchio to respond filed.
2025-12-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)

Attorneys

Edward Weinhaus
Adam John FlorekFlorek Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Adam John FlorekFlorek Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Edward Weinhaus — Petitioner
Edward Weinhaus — Petitioner
Regina Scannicchio
Carson Reid GriffisOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
Carson Reid GriffisOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent