Estate of Ceaser Stinson v. Joel Streicher
CourtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Date FiledOctober 21, 2026
Docket22-3043
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
October 21, 2026
Before
KENNETH F. RIPPLE, Circuit Judge
DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge
AMY J. ST. EVE, Circuit Judge
No. 22-3043 Appeal from the
United States District Court for the
ESTATE OF CEASAR STINSON, Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Plaintiff-Appellee,
No. 21-CV-1046-JPS
v.
J.P. Stadtmueller,
JOEL STREICHER, Judge.
Defendant-Appellant.
ORDER
The court’s opinion issued on October 14, 2026, is amended as follows:
The appellee’s name is corrected to read “Ceasar Stinson” in the caption and on
pages 2 and 4.
On page 2 the following sentence is corrected to read: “It’s well established that
an auto accident caused by a law-enforcement officer is not actionable as a due-process
violation unless the officer’s conduct was so egregious that it shocks the conscience.”