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Case Digests - 7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Aug 14, 2023

Wire Fraud-SBA Loan

In cases where a borrower fails to meet their obligations on a loan backed by the Small Business Administration (SBA), the lending institution contacts the SBA to acquire the remaining balance of the defaulted loan.

Aug 14, 2023

Fifth Amendment Rights

Between 2011 and 2017, Care Specialists, owned by husband-and-wife team Ferdinand and Ma Luisa Echavia.

Aug 14, 2023

Due Process

Prude, who was serving a sentence of 80 years, provided assistance to a friend and fellow inmate in successfully pursuing a civil rights lawsuit against their Wisconsin prison.

Aug 14, 2023

Electronic Detention Program-Sex Offender

Whitfield was poised to be released from Menard Correctional Center in January 2010, commencing a period of mandatory supervised release.

Aug 14, 2023

Sentencing Guidelines

In 2017, Elion entered a guilty plea for three counts involving the distribution of methamphetamine under sections 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C).

Aug 14, 2023

Sex Trafficking of Minors

Coney stood condemned on numerous counts concerning the sex trafficking of minors, predicated upon the "compelling and enduring testimony rendered by the six juvenile victims."

Aug 14, 2023

Jury Instructions-Drug Conspiracy

A 34-count indictment was issued by a grand jury against 12 defendants implicated in the sale of heroin.

Aug 14, 2023

Evidence-Child Pornography

Having acquired explicit images of child exploitation from an online source associated with Donoho, law enforcement officials proceeded to execute a search warrant at his residence in Wisconsin.

Aug 7, 2023

Attorney Ethical Duties

Mac Naughton, an attorney from New Jersey, initially represented Harmelech in a lawsuit against RMG.

Aug 7, 2023

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act

G.G., who ran away from home at the age of 13 and fell into the hands of a sex trafficker.

Aug 7, 2023

Equal Protection-First Amendment

The Bail Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating cash bail and covering bail expenses.

Aug 7, 2023

Fourteenth Amendment Due Process

Luster was in the process of purchasing a house on contract and had already paid the owner a substantial portion of the home's price (at least 20 percent).

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