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Petitioner-appellant Mhammad Abu-Shawish was tried and convicted on a federal fraud charge, but that conviction was reversed after he served the entire prison sentence.

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Walter “Wally” Gianino owned and operated a plastering company in St. Louis, Missouri, for over thirty years.

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When Manjit Singh Sembhi failed to appear for an October 2001 hearing in his removal proceeding, the immigration judge ordered him removed to his home country of India.

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Charmaine Hamer worked at Fannie Mae’s Mortgage Help Center from 2010 to 2012.

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Five wheelchair-using detainees brought this lawsuit against Cook County, Illinois, and the Sheriff, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Rehabilitation Act (“RHA”). Their claims are based on purportedly inaccessible ramps and bathroom facilities at six county courthouses.

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From the time he was a young adolescent, defendant Ulises De La Cruz was a member of the Latin Kings gang.

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Kash Lee appeals the sentence he received when his supervised release was revoked.

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Indiana Child Protective Services removed Brent Swallers’s daughter from his custody in September 2015.

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Defendant-appellant Renee Perillo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(c), and to commissioning a murder for hire in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958.

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Weekly Case Digests — August 13-August 17, 2018

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Aman Deep Singh appeals a circuit court order denying his motion to vacate a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant (OWI) on the ground that the sentence imposed by the court was excessive.

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James Wiese and Premier Sales & Leasing of Waukesha Inc. (“Wiese,” “Premier,” or “defendants”) appeal a judgment awarding Daniel Greene $223,474.42 upon his breach-of-contract claim and attorney’s fees under WIS. STAT. § 134.93 (2015-16).

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The Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Stephanie C. Stoltman have filed a stipulation pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 that Attorney Stoltman should be publicly reprimanded, as discipline reciprocal to that imposed by the Supreme Court of Arizona.

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Palisades Properties, Inc. (“Palisades”) appeals from a judgment dismissing its complaints against the Town of Menasha.

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The City of Fond du Lac and its police chief, William Lamb, appeal from a judgment directing the reinstatement of one of its police officers, Curt Beck, who the City had discharged without following the Police and Fire Commission (PFC) procedure set forth in WIS. STAT. § 62.13(5) (2015-16).

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Plaintiffs Richard A. Mueller and Joseph L. Ford, III, appeal an order granting TL90108, LLC’s (TL) motion to dismiss their complaint, filed in 2017, seeking replevin and declaratory judgment.

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B.A.G. appeals orders of the Rock County Circuit Court entered pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.20(1)(a)2.e. subjecting him to involuntary commitment due to mental illness and directing involuntary administration of medication.

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The State appeals a decision of the Dane County Circuit Court granting Julian Thomas’s motion to suppress evidence collected during a search of Thomas’s living quarters by probation agents. The circuit court concluded that the search was an unconstitutional police search rather than a probation search.

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Laura Mandujano appeals pro se from an order denying her motion to reopen a default judgment dismissing her case with prejudice and awarding attorney’s fees to Jose Mendoza for her failure to appear at trial.

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Arline A. Brogli appeals from an order adopting a referee’s recommendation for the division of property interests, asserting various procedural problems with the court’s adoption of the referee’s amended report.

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Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC and Transportation Insurance Company (collectively, Harley-Davidson) appeal an order of the circuit court affirming a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) that found Robert Schulfer incurred an 84.67% hearing loss as a result of his employment at Harley-Davidson.

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Paul Halderson, Lyn Halderson, and Arctic View Farms, LLC, (collectively, the Haldersons) filed this lawsuit against Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy Services, Inc., (NSP) alleging that “stray voltage” attributable to NSP caused damage to the health and productivity of the Haldersons’ dairy herd.

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Ronald Kupsky appeals an amended criminal judgment convicting him of four felonies, including bail jumping, and also an order denying his postconviction motion for a new trial.

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Bobby Smith appeals an amended judgment convicting him of two felonies arising from a fatal traffic accident.

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Ida Hautop appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of the County of Bayfield, RM Bay Logging Inc., and the Department of Natural Resources (collectively “the County”).

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William Schmidt-Sharkey appeals a judgment convicting him of possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) as a second and subsequent offense.

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Jerard Hampton appeals a judgment, entered upon his no-contest pleas, convicting him of delivering one gram or less of cocaine; possession with the intent to deliver ten to fifty grams of heroin; and possession of a firearm as a felon.

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Camp Drug Store, Inc., filed this action, on its own behalf and as a representative of a proposed class, against Cochran Wholesale Pharmaceutical, Inc. (“Cochran”).

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The Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois, has been trying to acquire a 400-acre estate in Barrington after the owners defaulted on a mortgage and note held by the Forest Preserve.

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Whitney “Strawberry” Blackwell stole cash and drugs from defendant-appellant John Thomas.

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