--- title: "United States v. Johnson" citation: "962 F.2d 579 (7th Cir. 1992)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA7-JOHNSON-962-F2D-579" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_seventh_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca7" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA7-JOHNSON-962-F2D-579/" legal_review: "2026-08-26" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # United States v. Johnson ## Holdings used - Audita querela would require a legal defense or discharge arising after judgment; equity, harsh collateral consequences, or gross injustice alone is insufficient. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Seventh Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Published precedential full opinion reviewed from a public reporter reproduction after no stable historical official opinion file was located. Johnson declined to decide ultimate survival and resolved only the absence of a later legal defect in the immigration-consequence posture. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 962 F.2d 579 (7th Cir. 1992), 962 F.2d 581–83: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR7-006` ## Used in - [Seventh Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/seventh-circuit.md)