U.S. v. WALDMAN

No. 15-1756.

835 F.3d 751 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joshua A. WALDMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 30, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Warden , Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William H. Dazey, Jr. , Sara J. Varner , Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Posner, Williams, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Inmate Joshua Waldman was convicted of forcibly assaulting a correctional officer after head-butting him during an argument about a pat-down search. He advanced a self-defense argument at trial, but was unsuccessful. On appeal, he argues that the district court erred in holding that there needed to be an imminent threat...

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