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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)
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

  1. Aug 05 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Jul 31 2026
    Reply of petitioners Angelo Pesavento, et al. filed.
  3. Jul 22 2026
    Brief of respondent Eddie L. Bolden in opposition filed.
  4. Jun 16 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 22, 2026.
  5. Jun 15 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 22, 2026 to July 22, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. May 20 2026
    Response Requested. (Due June 22, 2026)
  7. May 12 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2026.
  8. May 04 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Eddie L. Bolden to respond filed.
  9. May 04 2026
    Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association filed.
  10. Mar 30 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 4, 2026)