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7th Circuit Digest

Apr 8, 2019

Sentencing Guidelines

Jason Galloway pleaded guilty to possessing ammunition as a felon.

Apr 8, 2019

Injunctive Relief

Plaintiffs-appellants purchased land near a former General Electric Company manufacturing plant that had operated for sixty years; the plant leached toxic chemicals that seeped into the groundwater.

Apr 1, 2019

Statue of Limitations – Laches Doctrine

Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe in World War II, remarked: “When I saw those Mustangs over Berlin, I knew that the war was lost.”

Apr 1, 2019

4th Amendment Violation

On October 24, 2015, law enforcement officers in Pewaukee, Wisconsin were searching for two African‐American men who moments before had committed an armed robbery.

Apr 1, 2019

Bankruptcy – Release of liability

In 2006 Trinity 83 Development borrowed about $2 million from a bank, giving in return a note and a mortgage on certain real property.

Apr 1, 2019

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

At the time of David Jones’s arrest and prosecution in 2005, Ind. Code § 35-34-1-5 (1982) identified an “omnibus date” and allowed prosecutors to make substantive amendments to pending charges only up to 30 days before the omnibus date.

Apr 1, 2019

Negligence – Malpractice

This medical malpractice lawsuit arises from a radiologist’s negligence.

Apr 1, 2019

Statutory Interpretation

Indianapolis police stopped a car driven and owned by Leroy Washington in September 2016.

Apr 1, 2019

Bankruptcy – Foreclosure

Mark Anderson and Walter Kaiser jointly borrowed about $700,000 from BMO Harris Bank; the loan was secured by a mortgage.

Apr 1, 2019

ALJ Error – Disability Benefits

Debara DeCamp, a 55-year old woman, challenges the denial of her applications for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income, in which she claimed disability based on a benign brain tumor, neck and back issues, and bipolar disorder.

Mar 25, 2019

Immigration – Removal Order

El Hadj Hamidou Barry, a native and citizen of Guinea, applied for deferral of his removal from the United States under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

Mar 25, 2019

Equal Protection Violation

Plaintiff-appellant Julio de Lima Silva, a Brazilian citizen who self-identifies as Latino, worked as a correctional sergeant for the State of Wisconsin, Department of Corrections (“DOC”).

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