WILLIAMS v. FLEMING

No. 09-2410.

597 F.3d 820 (2010)

Jessie WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerry FLEMING, individually and in his official capacity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ariel Weissberg, Weisberg & Associates, Rakesh Khanna, Leo & Weber, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jonathan C. Haile, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Jessie Williams was a customer of Family Bank & Trust Company in Illinois. Following a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) routine examination in late 2005, Family Bank stopped making loans to Williams, supposedly at the behest of FDIC Associate Examiner Jerry Fleming. The alleged catalyst for Fleming's decision was a racially motivated bias against Williams and other African-Americans....

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