Rebecca Liane Taibleson
How Judge Taibleson rules, drawn from 13 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Taibleson
Rebecca Liane Taibleson is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Judge Taibleson received a commission on November 3, 2025.
Judge Taibleson's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Taibleson's own (checked October 11, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026).
How Judge Taibleson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Ballard, Taibleson declined to depart from circuit precedent on what qualifies as an ADA charge because the appellant gave no compelling reason to overturn it; the panel remanded the separate equitable tolling question.
“Ballard points to no compelling reason here, nor have we found one.”
In her separate Stapleton concurrence, she argued that an unpreserved sentencing objection should receive plain-error review under Rules 51(b) and 52(b). The panel did not decide that issue.
“If they fail to do so, plain-error review applies.”
Cautions
In a dissent, she treated an employer’s claimed undue hardship from a religious accommodation as an evidentiary defense that must be proved before summary judgment. This was her separate view, not the panel holding.
“as a defense to be proven, not an excuse to be presumed, even in a pandemic.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The district court’s judgment is REVERSED in part and AFFIRMED in part.”
“Lloyd’s sentence is VACATED and his case is REMANDED for resentencing consistent with this opinion.”
“The district court’s judgment is accordingly AFFIRMED.”
“We VACATE the district court’s grant of summary judg- ment and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“Because the Director failed to establish irreparable harm, the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to grant a § 10(j) injunction. The judgment is accordingly AFFIRMED.”
Taibleson dissented from the panel’s affirmance of summary judgment for the county. She would have let a jury decide whether denying the pharmacist’s requested religious accommodation imposed an undue hardship under Title VII.
Caseload & timing
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