Jerry Jellis v. Larry Hale

United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
January 4, 2021
Before
FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge
DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judge
AMY J. ST. EVE, Circuit Judge
No. 19-3362
JERRY JELLIS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
LARRY HALE, et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
No. 3:15-cv-00630-GCS
Gilbert C. Sison,
Magistrate Judge.
O R D E R
All members of the panel have voted to deny the petition for rehearing filed on
December 29, 2020. The petition therefore is DENIED.
Page 3, paragraph 3, of the order issued on December 8, 2020, is amended to
read:
On appeal, Jellis argues that the district court abused its discretion
in ruling against him on the motions in limine. But our review of these
rulings is hindered by Jellis’s failure to order a transcript of the final
pretrial conference, in which the district court stated its reasons. Jellis filed
in the district court a motion requesting “free transcripts,” but after the

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judge ordered him to demonstrate how any particular transcript would be
material to a proposed appeal, Jellis did not try to make that showing. We
cannot review a decision without knowing the district court’s reasons. See
FED. R. APP. P. 10(b)(2); Hicks v. Avery Drei, LLC, 654 F.3d 739, 743–44 (7th
Cir. 2011) (review not possible when appellant did not request
transcription of oral arguments or bench ruling on motion in limine).

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