MARCURE v. LYNN

No. 19-2978.

992 F.3d 625 (2021)

Brannen MARCURE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tyler LYNN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Skocpol , Raymond P. Tolentino , Attorneys, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Steven C. Rahn , Nathan Rice , John M. Zimmerman , Attorneys, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Springfield, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Tyler Lynn, and Evan Delude.

Karen L. McNaught , Attorney, O'Halloran, Kosoff , Geitner & Cook, LLC, Northbrook, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Brian L. Shaw.

Kirk W. Laudeman , Attorney, Sorling Northrup, Springfield, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Adam Giganti, and Daniel A. Noll.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Manion and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


This appeal asks us to address the scope of two Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Rule 11(a) and Rule 12(b)(6). Under Rule 11(a), courts must strike unsigned documents unless the filing party promptly corrects them. Rule 12(b)(6) provides a mechanism for dismissing a claim if the movant shows that the claimant insufficiently...

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