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Immigration – Removal Order
Henrikas Malukas, a citizen of Lithuania, entered the United States in 1992 on a tourist visa and did not leave when it expired.
4th Amendment Violation
Antoinette Wonsey’s Chicago home attracted two types of visitors: tourists and police.
Subject-matter Jurisdiction
The plaintiffs, Jamie and Sandra Swartz, allege a conspiracy among multiple state and private defendants to deprive them of their property, namely, several goats and horses.
Consolidated Appeals – Sentencing
The Zamudio drug organization distributed pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine through‐ out the Indianapolis, Indiana area.
8th Amendment Violation – Deliberate Indifference
In Coleman v. Labor & Industry Review Commission, 860 F.3d 461 (7th Cir. 2017), we held that a magistrate judge does not have the authority to enter a final judgment in a case when only one party—in that case, the plaintiff—has consented to the magistrate judge’s jurisdiction.
Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
For certain federal crimes involving sexual exploitation of minors, a federal statute— 18 U.S.C. § 2252(b)—increases the mandatory minimum sentence when the defendant has a prior conviction “under the laws of any State relating to,” among other things, “possession … of child pornography.”
ADEA Violation
Plaintiff-appellant David McDaniel alleges his former employer, defendant-appellee Progress Rail Locomotive, Inc., unlawfully discriminated against him on the basis of age and retaliated against him for complaining about a superior, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621–34.
Class Action – Subject-matter Jurisdiction
We accepted Christine Dancel’s petition under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) so that we could review the district court’s denial of class certification.
Plea Withdrawal
Defendant-Appellant Sergio Zacahua requests that we vacate his guilty plea because the district court failed to inform him of the potential immigration consequences of his plea, as Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(1)(O) requires.
Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing
Dennis Jackson was convicted of multiple drug charges and sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment.
Defamation Claim
Alejandro Yeatts became ensnared in a federal investigation of his employer, Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (“Biomet”), for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act because of his contacts with a distributor in Latin America who had bribed doctors.
Trademark Infringement
This appeal involves a long-running trademark dispute over ownership and misuse of a wordmark and logo for below-ground storm shelters.
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