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2018 Supreme(US)(ca7) 149

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
Wood
John K. MacIver Institute for – Appellant
Versus
Francis Schmitz – Respondent


United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________  No. 17‐1790  THE JOHN K. MACIVER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY, INC.,  Plaintiff‐Appellant, 

v.  FRANCIS D. SCHMITZ, et al.,  Defendants‐Appellees.  ____________________ 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the  Western District of Wisconsin.  No. 3:16‐cv‐539 — William M. Conley, Judge.  ____________________ 

ARGUED NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — DECIDED MARCH 21, 2018  ____________________ 

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and HAMILTON, Cir‐ cuit Judges.  WOOD, Chief Judge. This appeal requires us once again to  delve into the intricacies of the Wisconsin “John Doe proceed‐ ing,” a unique creature of Wisconsin law with some similari‐ ties to a grand jury investigation. A putative class of individ‐ uals and entities assert that they were swept up in a John Doe  investigation  that  ran  roughshod  over  their  federal  rights.  They sued 

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