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Civil Digest

Aug 10, 2020

Court Error – Admittance of Evidence

Darrius Washington was charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon after police officers saw him toss a gun into a residential yard.

Aug 10, 2020

Attorney Fees

David Knott, an employee of Wisconsin wellness retail store Timothy B. O’Brien, LLC (“Apple Wellness”), left the company and started a similar, competing wellness shop.

Aug 10, 2020

Personal Injury – Negligence Claim

Bradley LeDure, a conductor for Union Pacific Railroad Company, slipped and fell while preparing a locomotive for departure.

Aug 10, 2020

Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion

Does an air freshener hanging from a rearview mirror obstruct the driver’s clear view?

Aug 10, 2020

Prisoner – Exhaustion of Administration Remedies

Elijah Reid, an inmate in the Illinois prison system, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a correctional officer.

Aug 10, 2020

Immigration – Removal Order

Franco Damian Ferreyra, a citizen of Argentina, seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals mandating his removal from the United States.

Aug 10, 2020

1st Amendment Violation

Two churches contend, in this suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983, that an executive order limiting the size of public assemblies (including religious services) to ten persons violates their rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment.

Aug 10, 2020

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Violation – Rule 43

David L. Shanks, Jr. did not attend his trial for drug-distribution offenses, for which a jury found him guilty and the district court entered a judgment of conviction.

Aug 10, 2020

Abuse of Discretion – Post-judgment Motion Denied

Aishef Shaffer, while an Illinois state inmate, sued prison officials for alleged violations of his constitutional rights.

Aug 5, 2020

Attorney Disciplinary Hearing

We review Referee John B. Murphy's recommendation that Attorney Stanley Whitmore Davis be declared in default and his license to practice law in Wisconsin suspended for one year for professional misconduct.

Aug 5, 2020

Statutory Interpretation – Gambling Machine

Quick Charge Kiosk LLC is the commercial owner of kiosks that enable customers to pay for an opportunity to win (or lose) money through a video game based on chance.

Aug 5, 2020

Court Error – Postconviction Relief

The petitioner, Milton Eugene Warren, seeks review of an unpublished order of the court of appeals denying his petition for habeas corpus.

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