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Writ of Mandamus
Defendants in a civil rights case in the Central District of Illinois moved to disqualify the as‐ signed judge under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a).
ADA Violation
This appeal is brought by Mary Lou Stelter against her former employer, Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (“WPS”), for discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”).
Attorney Fees
After Michael R. Needle P.C. (“Needle P.C.”) went months without counsel in a fee dispute action and was on the verge of a default judgment, three partners from the law firm Cozen O’Connor stepped in to represent Needle P.C. Their representation successfully staved off the pending default motion but was otherwise short-lived.
Sentencing Guidelines
A jury found Salvatore Picardi guilty of one count of embezzlement by an officer or employee of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 654.
TCPA Violation
The wording of the provision that we interpret today is enough to make a grammarian throw down her pen.
Prisoner
Kenyatta Bridges was a pretrial detainee at the Cook County Department of Corrections (“Department”) when he fell out of the upper bunk to which he had been assigned and injured himself.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Marvin Cates pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a person with a prior felony conviction in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
Sentencing Guidelines – Supervised Release
Shawn Lee sold a staggering amount of ice methamphetamine in Central Illinois from early 2015 until his arrest in January 2018.
Jury Instructions
Antrim Pharmaceuticals LLC and Bio-Pharm, Inc. arranged to manufacture and sell a generic anti-depressant.
Sentencing Guidelines
Jesse Ballard has an extraordinarily long history of criminal conduct, which the sentencing judge described as “probably one of the worst criminal histories [he’d] seen in 30 years” of experience.
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