Seventh Circuit
Michael Yale Scudder Jr.
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
- Donald J. TrumpRepublican
- Seat
- CA70706
- Nominated
- Feb. 15, 2018
- Committee hearing
- March 21, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)April 19, 2018
- Senate vote
- 90–0Roll Call
- Confirmed
- May 14, 2018
- Commissioned
- May 21, 2018
- 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. 30panel identified Sat on the panel in Ernest Payton v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
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Sept. 25panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Gary Howard
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Sept. 14
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Sept. 3panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Matthew Frazier
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Aug. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Randy Talley v. Carl Gloede
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Aug. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Norma Cisneros v. Nuance Communications, Inc.
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Aug. 18
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Aug. 12opinion issued Authored the opinion in Frank William Bonan, II v. FDIC
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Aug. 7opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Frank Smith
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Aug. 7opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Warren Griffin
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Aug. 7opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Shradha Agarwal
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Aug. 7opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Sean Clemon
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 in part | American Academy of Pediatrics v. James Uthmeier | Seventh Circuit | Sept. 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | Frank William Bonan, II v. FDIC | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 12, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Warren Griffin | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 7, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Sean Clemon | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 7, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Frank Smith | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 7, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Dominque Maxwell | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 7, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Shradha Agarwal | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 7, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Rishi Shah | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 7, 2026 |
| Concurrence | Halil Demir v. Markwayne Mullin | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chipp v. Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. | Seventh Circuit | July 30, 2026 |
| Opinion | Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa v. Naomi Tillison | Seventh Circuit | July 30, 2026 |
| Opinion | BBLI Edison, LLC v. City of Chicago | Seventh Circuit | July 22, 2026 |
| Opinion | Alyssa Schukar v. Kenosha County | Seventh Circuit | July 21, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Bernardo Romero v. Corona Investments, LLC | Seventh Circuit | July 20, 2026 |
| Dissent | American Academy of Pediatrics v. James Uthmeier | Seventh Circuit | June 22, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Fernando D. Bolden | Seventh Circuit | June 12, 2026 |
| Opinion | City of Chicago v. Stephen Falkner | Seventh Circuit | June 10, 2026 |
| Opinion | City of Chicago v. Ahmed Alayah | Seventh Circuit | June 10, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Associated Press v. Ron Neal | Seventh Circuit | June 5, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Thomas Hawkins | Seventh Circuit | June 2, 2026 |