Legal Opinion
Lewis v. BNSF Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 2016No. 16-1444PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Simeon Lewis, who also uses the name Simeon Washa Amen Ra, describes himself as “an indigenous inhabitant traveler” and also as “One of We the People.” His employer, BNSF Railway Company, has been withholding money from Lewis’s paychecks for (1) current federal income taxes, (2) back taxes for which the IRS has served the company with a notice of levy, *387and (3) delinquent child support for which a circuit court in Cook County, Illinois, has issued garnishment orders. In this action, which accuses BNSF and one of its executives of violating the federal Constitution and Illinois law, Lewis…
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