Legal Opinion

Chapman v. Executive Committee of the United States District Court

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 31, 2009No. Nos. 08-2781, 08-3020, 08-3551Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Lamar Chapman is a vexatious pro se litigant who currently has three appeals before us. In 2002, the Executive Committee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered an order requiring that it screen and approve all of Chapman’s filings in the district court (except those relating to criminal or habeas corpus px*oceedings) before the district would accept his submissions. See In re Chapman, 328 F.3d 903, 905-06 (7th Cir.2003). Although the Committee denied several of Chapman’s requests to file new cases, at least two suits were allowed to go forward,…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Tamayo v. BlagojevichCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  4. De Long v. HennesseyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  5. Miller v. DonaldCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008

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