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Angelo Pesavento, et al. v. Eddie L. Bolden
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 24-1674 · judgment November 6, 2025
1%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
(petition-stage, structural)
Conference-stage estimate: 4%
GVR risk 1%
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether prejudgment interest should be unavailable as a matter of law on awards of noneconomic damages, such as pain and suffering and loss of a normal life.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Myriam Zreczny Kasper
City of Chicago Department of Law
For respondent
Paul Whitfield Hughes
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Aug 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 31 2026Reply of petitioners Angelo Pesavento, et al. filed.
- Jul 22 2026Brief of respondent Eddie L. Bolden in opposition filed.
- Jun 16 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 22, 2026.
- Jun 15 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 22, 2026 to July 22, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 20 2026Response Requested. (Due June 22, 2026)
- May 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2026.
- May 04 2026Waiver of right of respondent Eddie L. Bolden to respond filed.
- May 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association filed.
- Mar 30 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 4, 2026)