U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Warith Muhammad v. Home Box Office Incorporated
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- June 21, 2022
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- Warith Muhammad v. Home Box Office Incorporated
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- Decided
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NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with FED. R. APP. P. 32.1 United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 Submitted June 17, 2022 * Decided June 21, 2022 Before MICHAEL Y. SCUDDER, Circuit Judge AMY J. ST. EVE, Circuit Judge CANDACE JACKSON-AKIWUMI, Circuit Judge No. 22-1110 WARITH R. MUHAMMAD, Appeal from the United States District Court Plaintiff-Appellant, for the Central District of Illinois. v. No. 1:21-cv-01180 HOME BOX OFFICE, INC., Joe Billy McDade, Defendant-Appellee. Judge. ORDER Warith Muhammad appeals the dismissal of his complaint against Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO), for copyright infringement. This is Muhammad’s second suit asserting that HBO stole his premise for a reality TV show set in a barbershop. The district court found no meaningful difference between his claims in the two suits, and dismissed the suit on claim preclusion grounds. We affirm. * We have agreed to decide this case without oral argument because the briefs and record adequately present the facts and legal arguments, and oral argument would not significantly aid the court. FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(C). No. 22-1110 Page 2 In 2020 Muhammad sued …
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