Seventh Circuit
Joshua Paul Kolar
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. BidenDemocratic
- Seat
- CA70804
- Nominated
- Jan. 8, 2024
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Jan. 18, 2024
- Senate vote
- 66–25Roll Call
- Confirmed
- Jan. 30, 2024
- Commissioned
- Jan. 31, 2024
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 14
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Sept. 8panel identified Sat on the panel in Maria Gonzalez Perez v. Todd W. Blanche
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Sept. 8
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Aug. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Norma Cisneros v. Nuance Communications, Inc.
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Aug. 26
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Aug. 25panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Steven Anderegg
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Aug. 12
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Aug. 7panel identified Sat on the panel in Elizabeth Schulte v. Kenneth Leners
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Aug. 7panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Damond Wiley, Jr.
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Aug. 7opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Ausarian Carney
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July 31opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. John Tyler Jones
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July 31
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Concurrence | American Academy of Pediatrics v. James Uthmeier | Seventh Circuit | Sept. 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | E. W. v. Mt. Vernon Community School Corporation | Seventh Circuit | Sept. 8, 2026 |
| Opinion | Central States SE & SW Areas Health & Welfare Fund v. Alan McClain | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 26, 2026 |
| Opinion | Brian Pfalzgraf v. Rusk County, Wisconsin | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 12, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Ausarian Carney | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 7, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. John Tyler Jones | Seventh Circuit | July 31, 2026 |
| Opinion | Jimia Stokes v. Illinois Department of Corrections | Seventh Circuit | July 31, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Jaciel Rojas v. Samuel Olson | Seventh Circuit | July 30, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Mark Randle | Seventh Circuit | July 29, 2026 |
| Opinion | Scarlett Pavlovich v. Neil Gaiman | Seventh Circuit | July 7, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. James Morgan | Seventh Circuit | June 25, 2026 |
| Opinion | Michael Jezior v. City of Chicago | Seventh Circuit | June 24, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Joshua Schatz | Seventh Circuit | June 9, 2026 |
| Opinion | Anqi Liu v. Markwayne Mullin | Seventh Circuit | June 5, 2026 |
| Opinion | Joshua Harris v. W6LS, Inc. | Seventh Circuit | June 5, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Clifton Coleman | Seventh Circuit | May 26, 2026 |
| Opinion | Calvin Lee v. Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | Seventh Circuit | May 7, 2026 |
| Dissent | Ana Bernal v. Kohl's Corporation | Seventh Circuit | May 1, 2026 |
| Opinion | Flavia Coatl-Chiquito v. Todd W. Blanche | Seventh Circuit | April 30, 2026 |
| Opinion | Joshua Harris v. W6LS, Inc. | Seventh Circuit | March 31, 2026 |