NAME OF LAW FIRMName of attorney(s)Attorney(s) for the Defendant-Appellee, John Doe

No. XX-XXXX

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT

Jane Doe,Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

John Doe, Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal From The United States District CourtFor the (insert lower court),

Case No. XX-C-XXXThe Honorable Judge (insert name)

BRIEF OF THE DEFENDANT-APPELLEE, JOHN DOE

List address and phone numbers:

APPELLEE BRIEF

Red cover15 copies bound on left side30 pages or no more than 14,000 wordstext: 12pt type or largerfootnotes: 11pt type or larger, double-spaced textmargins 1 inch all aroundpage 1 begins with the Jurisdictional Statementavoid excessive bolding and underlining avoid using all caps in subheadings

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT

STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT

ARGUMENT

APPELLEE BRIEF

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Standard of Review

CONCLUSION [optional - not required]

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH FRAP RULE 32(a)(7), FRAP RULE 32(g), FRAP RULE 32(c)

PROOF OF SERVICE

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

See Cir. R. 26.1 and Fed. R. App. P. 26.1.

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

CASES

Albermarle Paper Co. v. Moody, 422 U.S. 405 (1975) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Bazemore v. Friday, 478 U.S. 385 (1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Burlington Industries v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742 (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

City of Arlington, 45 F.2d 567 (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

City of Boston, 75 F. 3d 23 (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

City of Chicago, 378 U.S. 457 (7th Cir. 1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 34

Collier v. Budd Co., 66 F.3d 886 (7th Cir. 1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 31

Crady v. Liberty Nat'l Bank and Trust, 993 F.2d 132 (7th Cir. 1993) . . . . . . . . . .31, 33

Dey v. Cold Construction & Development Co., 28 F.3d 1446 (7th Cir. 1993) . . . 39-42

DiGiore v. Ryan, 172 F.3d 454 (7th Cir. 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Doe v. Paukstat, 863 F.Supp 884 (E.D. Wis. 1994.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .22

E.E.O.C. v. St. Michael Hospital, 6 F.Supp.2d 809 (E.D. Wis. 1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., 510 U.S. 17 (1993) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 38-40

In re David v. Smith, 800 U.S. 156 (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-41

In re Edwards v. Jackson, 33 F.3d 345 (7th Cir. 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,34

Loy v. Bunderson, 107 Wis. 2d 400, 320 N.W.2d 175 (1982) . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 46

Marsili v. Arlington Heights Fire Dept., 990 F.Supp. 576 (N.D. Ill. 1998) . . . . . . . .46

McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 25

O'Connor v. DePaul University, 123 F.3d 665 (7th Cir. 1997) . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 24

Provencher v. CVS Pharmacy, Div. Of Melville Corp., 145 F.3d 5 (1st Cir. 1998). 43

Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., No. 99-536,

2000 U.S. LEXIS 3966 (June 12, 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 23-25

Rogers v. Sugar Tree Products, Inc., 7 F.3d 577 (7th Cir. 1993) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Selan v. Kelly, 969 F.2d 560 (7th Cir. 1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 43

Simpson v. Borg-Warner, 196 F.3d 873 (7th Cir. 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25

United States v. Agostino, 132 F.3d 1183 (7th Cir. 1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

United States v. Bailey, 227 F.3d 792 (7th Cir. 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

United States v. Draves, 103 F.3d 1328 (7th Cir. 1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

United States v. Fountain, 840 F.2d 509 (7th Cir. 1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 18, 19

United States v. Garcia-Geronimo, 663 F.2d 738 (7th Cir. 1981) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Wilson v. Chrysler Corp, 172 F.3d 500 (7th Cir. 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Woodman v. Haemonetics Corp., 51 F.3d 1087 (1st Cir. 1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 31

STATUTES

28 U.S.C. §1291 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

28 U.S.C. §1331 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

28 U.S.C. §1343(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

28 U.S.C. §1443 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

42 U.S.C. §2000e-2(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

42 U.S.C. §2000e-5(f) "Title VII" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 22, 23, 39, 44-46, 48

Fed. R. App. P. 26.1 . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 1

H.R. Rep. No. 99-903 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT

See: Circuit Rule 28(b)

STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES

See: Fed.R.App.P. Rule 28(b)

Fed.R.App.P. Rule 28(b)(2)

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

See: Fed.R.App.Rule 28(b)

Fed.R.App.Rule 28(b)(3)

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT

See: Fed.R.App.P. Rule 28(a)(7)

Fed.R.App.P. Rule 28(b)

ARGUMENT

See: Fed.R.App.P. 28(a)(8)

See: Fed.R.App.P. 28(b)

A. Standard of Review.

See: Fed.R.App.P. Rule 28(a)(8)(B)

Fed.R.App.P. 28(b) (4)

NAME OF LAW FIRM

(attorney's signature) name of attorney(s)Attorney(s) for the Defendant-Appellee, John Doe

CONCLUSION

[optional - not required]

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NAME OF LAW FIRM

(attorney's signature) name of attorney(s)Attorney(s) for the Defendant-Appellee, John Doe

The undersigned, counsel of record for the Defendant-Appellee, John Doe,

furnishes the following in compliance with F.R.A.P Rule 32(a)(7):

I hereby certify that this brief conforms to the rules contained in F.R.A.P

Rule 32(a)(7) for a brief produced with a proportionally spaced font. The length ofthis brief

is (insert exact number of words ) words.

Dated _________________.

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH FRAP RULE 32(a)(7), FRAP RULE 32(g) and CR 32(c)

NAME OF LAW FIRM

(attorney's signature) name of attorney(s)Attorney(s) for the Defendant-Appellee, John Doe

The undersigned, counsel for the Defendant-Appellee, John Doe, hereby certifies

that on______, two copies of the Brief and one copy of the Separate Appendix as well

as a digital version containing the brief, were delivered by ________ to counsel for the

Plaintiff-Appellant, Jane Doe.

Dated _________________.

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See also: FRAP 28(d) and CR 28

Serve two copies of brief and one copy of appendix, if any, on counsel for all parties. If counsel is an ECF user, counsel gets served electronically.

See: Fed. R. App. P. 31 and Cir. R. 31.

Digital version must contain everything from cover to conclusion on one file.

See: Fed.R.App.P. 31.

PROOF OF SERVICE [ refer to FRAP 25(d) and CR 25]