DIX v. EDELMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

No. 18-2970.

978 F.3d 507 (2020)

Gerald DIX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EDELMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Dix, Lisle, IL, Pro. Se.

Ilana Hope Eisenstein , Ben Fabens-Lassen , Attorneys, DLA Piper US LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Terry Weiss , Attorney, DLA Piper US LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee Edelman Financial Services, LLC.

Thomas F. Asch , Attorney, Law Office of Thomas F. Asch, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Theresa Miller.

Lori A. Vanderlaan , Allie Burnet , Attorneys, Best, Vanderlaan & Harrington, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Village of Lisle, Illinois.

Elizabeth M. Bartolucci , Paige Canepari , Kevin M. O'Hagan , Attorneys, O'Hagan Meyer, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee MJ Suburban, Inc., doing business as RE/MAX Suburban.

Matthew Heimlich , James H. Knippen, II , Attorneys, Walsh Knippen & Pollock, Chartered, Wheaton, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Vetaliy Lord, Officer, individually, and in his official capacity as City of Wheaton, Police Officer.

Daniel Scott Harawa , Attorney, Washington University School of Law, Interdisciplinary Enviromental Clinic, St. Louis, MO, for Amicus Curiae Daniel Scott Harawa.

Before Kanne and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Gerald Dix alleges that he was unlawfully evicted. But unlike most wrongful-eviction plaintiffs, Dix filed a sprawling pro se complaint in federal court asserting nineteen claims against almost as many defendants. The claims included a hodgepodge of state and federal causes of action. The defendants included Dix's alleged romantic-interest...

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