Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Class Action-
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Deliberate Indifference
In June 2017, inmate Arce suffered a sharp knee injury while playing soccer at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center in Illinois.
immigration
After DHS reinstated previous removal orders and initiated a new removal proceeding, Mejia made a plea for withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3) and protection under the Convention Against Torture.
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
Officer Brinkmeier at Dixon Correctional Center informed inmate Walker that prison policy prohibited inmates from having "unsearchable" hairstyles, specifically mentioning dreadlocks.
Public Employee Immunity
In 2019, Fehlman served as the interim police chief for the Neillsville Police Department.
Administrative Law
An Illinois state agency is responsible for overseeing Metra, a passenger railroad system operating from Chicago with lines radiating outwards.
Postconviction Relief- Ineffective Assistance of Trial Counsel
Booker, convicted of first-degree murder, was given a 55-year sentence.
Sentencing Guidelines
After entering a guilty plea for the charge of possessing a firearm as a felon under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), Hendrix received a 78-month prison sentence, which exceeded the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G.) range of 46-57 months.
Sexually Dangerous Persons Act-Fourteenth Amendment
Illinois's Sexually Dangerous Persons Act permits the commitment and indefinite detention of individuals charged with a crime who are found to suffer from a mental disorder and show criminal tendencies towards committing sex offenses.
TCPA Class Action-Unsolicited Advertisements
Elanco Animal Health sent two unsolicited faxes to Ambassador Animal Hospital, extending invitations to their veterinarians and owner for two free dinner programs: "Canine and Feline Disease Prevention Hot Topics" and "Rethinking Management of Osteoarthritis."
Sentencing Guidelines-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Evans engaged in two separate heroin sales to a confidential source, one involving 50 grams and the other 125 grams.
Election Law
In 2020, Reardon ran for Coles County State's Attorney but was not successful, as the incumbent, Danley, retained the position.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies