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M.G. appeals from a trial court order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, M.W.

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T.C.G. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to J.M.G., who was born November 23, 2013.

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Antoinette Lang and Jim Lang appeal an order of the trial court that granted the defendants’ summary judgment motion dismissing the Langs’ claim against Fryed Audio, LLC (Fryed) for negligence.

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Nicholas Wegner appeals a judgment of conviction for fifth-offense operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), as well as an order denying his motion seeking reconsideration of a suppression decision.

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David A. Allen appeals the trial court’s judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of child abuse by recklessly causing great bodily harm, first-degree reckless homicide, and child neglect resulting in great bodily harm.

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Kenneth Wagner appeals judgments, entered upon his no-contest pleas, convicting him of one count each of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of thirteen, child enticement, felony bail jumping, and exposing a child to harmful material.

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In these consolidated appeals, Elyse Alix appeals multiple judgments, entered upon her no-contest pleas, convicting her of multiple crimes.

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Marcel Walton, a “Grand Sheik” of the Moorish Science Temple of America in Chicago, stole more than $3 million from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) by filing and assisting others in filing fraudulent tax returns.

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In February 2016, the Department of Homeland Security commenced removal proceedings against William Yovanni Molina-Avila.

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A jury convicted Jose Jaime Lopez of several drug-related offenses and the district court sentenced him to life in prison.

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This case came to my attention, as motions judge, when the appellees sought permission to file a brief containing more words than the 14,000 permitted by Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(7) and Circuit Rule 32(c). Jay Vermillion, the appellant, represented that his brief contains fewer than 14,000 words, after excluding the portions not counted by Rule 32(f).

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In 2015, federal agents infiltrated a child pornography website called Playpen and deployed a computer program to identify Playpen’s users.

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Wisconsin requires public officials to report certain events or suspicions about teachers to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

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After the State of Illinois dismissed criminal charges against plaintiff‐appellant Calvin Lindsey for unlawful possession of a weapon, he filed this civil action asserting claims for false arrest, excessive force, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law assault and battery.

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At sentencing Tyree M. Neal, Jr. asserted that he was not guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine because the facts, as he saw them, did not demonstrate that he agreed with others to buy and sell cocaine.

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Pamela Herrington filed class and collective actions against Waterstone Mortgage Corporation, her former employer, for wage and hour violations.

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Synchrony Bank hired GC Services Limited Partnership to collect a debt Francina Smith purportedly owed on her Sam’s Club credit card.

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Weekly Case Digests - November 5 - November 9, 2018

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Attorney Brian P. Mularski appeals Referee Jonathan V. Goodman's report recommending that we deny Attorney Mularski's petition for reinstatement of his license to practice law in Wisconsin.

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We review a stipulation filed pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 by the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Adam J. Wiensch.

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We review the report and recommendation of Referee James W. Mohr, Jr., concluding that Attorney Ryan P. Thompson committed 16 counts of professional misconduct and recommending the court suspend his law license for 15 months, order him to pay restitution to one client, A.K., and impose the costs of this proceeding on him.

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We review the supplemental report filed by Referee John Nicholas Schweitzer, adopting an amended stipulation entered between the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Michele A. Tjader.

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Jeffrey Perschke appeals a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration.

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Orchard Estates, LLC brought an eviction action against Randal Meyer.

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Kurt and Monika Roots filed a third-party complaint against Mark Udvari-Solner seeking relief based on intentional misrepresentation, violation of WIS. STAT. § 100.18 (2015-16), and equitable contribution or indemnification.

Karen Rosneck appeals a circuit court order affirming a decision of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) determining that her job is properly classified as a paraprofessional “Library Services Assistant-Advanced,” rather than as a professional “Librarian.”

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Dylan Hayes, by counsel, appeals his judgment of conviction.

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S.R.H. argues that the circuit court erred in denying his request for new counsel or to proceed pro se.

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Jesse J. Kain appeals from a judgment convicting him of operating with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), third offense, under WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(b).

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Nikolas S. Czysz appeals pro se from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

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