A judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently provided practical guidance on the scope of judicial notice under the Federal Rules of Evidence and how to invoke this concept in federal court.
In an appeal of a bankruptcy matter in In the Matter of Lisse, 905 F.3d 495 (7th Cir. 2018), a single judge from the Seventh Circuit addressed a pleading styled as a “Request for Judicial Notice.” The judge noted that the request was made under Rule 201(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, which “permits a court to take judicial notice of an adjudicative fact that is 'not subject to reasonable dispute ... .”
Nevertheless, the judge determined that the request was unnecessary as to two orders entered by a state court, and improper as to a power of attorney and motion filed in state court.