No. 25-86

Ashok Arora v. Midland Credit Management, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: business-records circuit-split declarant-testimony federal-rules-evidence hearsay-exception summary-judgment
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court erred in accepting hearsay declarations under FRE 803(6) and 803(7) without producing underlying business records

Question Presented (from Petition)

is: Whether the district court erred or abused its discretion when, at summary judgment, it accepted declarations asserting hearsay facts —supposedly derived from business records —under the Federal Rules of Evidence 803(6) and 803(7) exceptions for business records, even though the business records from which the declarant claimed to have derived those facts were never produced and not in evidence.

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-18
Waiver of Midland Credit Management, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-18
Waiver of right of respondent Midland Credit Management, et al. to respond filed.
2025-04-28

Attorneys

Ashok Arora
Ashok Arora — Petitioner
Ashok Arora — Petitioner
Midland Credit Management, et al.
Theodore Wilson SeitzDykema Gossett PLLC, Respondent
Theodore Wilson SeitzDykema Gossett PLLC, Respondent