Legal Opinion

In Re Bergeron

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 4, 2011No. 10-3279PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Rich Bergeron asks us to remove the judge presiding in Eppley v. Iacovelli, a case pending in the district court. Berger-on had repeatedly asked her, without success, to recuse herself.

Eppley, a plastic surgeon, had sued Iacovelli, a former patient, in 2009 for defamation and other alleged wrongs arising from Iacovelli’s dissatisfaction with the face-lift operation that Eppley had performed on her. The judge issued a preliminary injunction that ordered Iacovelli and anyone acting as her agent to remove all Internet postings that referred to the surgeon. Some of those…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Marino v. OrtizSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. United States v. Frank Peter Balistrieri, Steve Disalvo, and Dennis Librizzi, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  4. United States v. DiekemperCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
  5. United States v. Robert J. Amico, Richard N. AmicoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Anthony Weddington v. Dushan ZateckyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
  2. United States v. Randy WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020
  3. United States v. Andrew ModjewskiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
  4. United States v. Earl R. OrrCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020
  5. Elmhurst Lincon-Mercury, Inc. Employees 401(K) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust v. MearsDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2016

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