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Case Digests

Feb 7, 2024

Violation of Work Rules

In 2018, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (the “department”) discharged Andrew Dryja from his position as a conservation warden at the department’s warden station in Langlade County based on Dryja’s having allegedly violated three work rules.

Feb 7, 2024

Termination of Parental Rights

Emma appeals from the circuit court orders terminating her parental rights to her children: Ivan, Andrew, and Maddie.

Feb 7, 2024

Attorney Fees

In this small claims action, Lonnie Slocum and Graceful Living LLC (collectively “Graceful Living” unless context requires otherwise) appeal the judgment awarding Angela Drake double the amount of her security deposit, and costs and attorney fees.

Feb 7, 2024

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Noah D. Clark appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered following a jury trial, for intentional physical abuse of a child, felony bail jumping, and disorderly conduct.

Feb 7, 2024

Warrantless Search-Suppression of Evidence

Jacob Bertelsen appeals from a judgment convicting him of two felonies and from an order denying his postconviction motion.

Feb 7, 2024

Failure to Show a Manifest Injustice

Calvin Scott, Jr. appeals from his judgment of conviction, entered upon a guilty plea, for second-degree sexual assault of a child, and from the order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

Feb 7, 2024

Ineffectiveness of Postconviction Counsel

Clarence A. Thomas appeals a circuit court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2021-22) postconviction motion. In his motion, Thomas asked the court to vacate a judgment of conviction from 1999 and allow him to withdraw his guilty pleas based on his postconviction counsel’s alleged ineffectiveness.

Feb 7, 2024

Postconviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Orlando Eaton appeals a judgment convicting him of first-degree reckless homicide by delivery of a controlled substance as a party to the crime.

Feb 7, 2024

Executive Branch Discretion

The Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by four Iranian nationals and their family members against the President and several federal officials.

Feb 7, 2024

First Amendment Retaliation- Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Rights

Adams, an inmate at Indiana’s Plainfield Correctional Facility, sued both current and former commissioners of the Indiana Department of Corrections, along with several other officials, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Feb 7, 2024

Mandatory COVID-19 Testing

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor of Illinois issued an executive order requiring personnel in primary and secondary schools to be tested regularly for the disease unless they had been vaccinated against it.

Jan 29, 2024

Arson-

Farrar appeals a judgment of conviction for arson of a building of another, as a repeater.

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