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Karl and Yalonda Brumfield (Brumfield) appeal from orders (1) dismissing Brumfield’s claims against Westlake Services, LLC, for alleged violations of the Wisconsin Consumer Act; and (2) awarding sanctions to Westlake.

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Telly Bernardo Johnson, pro se, appeals an order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) motion for postconviction relief.

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Christopher Davis and Maurice Greer were charged with robbing two different Walmarts in Indiana over a four-month period.

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Plaintiff Molly Joll is an accomplished runner and an experienced running coach.

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Monta Groce challenges two conditions of supervised release that were imposed as part of his sentence for various sex trafficking crimes.

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This lawsuit was sparked by a distributorship agreement that fell apart.

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Richard and Kelly Hazelton asked a bankruptcy court to sanction the University of Wisconsin Stout for collecting an educational debt after their debts were discharged in Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

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Michael Reinaas seeks Social Security disability benefits, asserting that he became disabled from neck and shoulder pain in January 2013 after undergoing right shoulder surgery.

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When Preston Bennett was locked up in the Cook County Jail, he was assigned to Division 10, which houses detainees who need canes, crutches, or walkers.

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Weekly Case Digests – April 20, 2020 – April 24, 2020

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Jeffery L. Summers appeals the circuit court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence, and his subsequent judgment of conviction for two counts of delivery of tetrahydrocannabinols (THC).

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Kelly C. Richardson appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, third offense.

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Demarco Lee As-Saffat appeals pro se from a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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D.L. appeals an order of the trial court terminating his parental rights of Y.P.-T. D.L. asserts that the court erroneously exercised its discretion in excluding evidence relating to a prior trial regarding D.L.’s parental rights of Y.P.-T., in which the State was unsuccessful in proving that D.L. had failed to assume parental responsibility of Y.P.-T.

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Corey Stauner appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of two counts of misdemeanor bail jumping.

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Patrick Schober’s extended supervision was revoked following a hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ), and he was ordered reconfined.

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Willie P. Watkins appeals the trial court’s order affirming the decision of the Pension Board of the Employees’ Retirement System of the County of Milwaukee (Board) that upheld the denial of Watkins’ application to retire under the Rule of 75.

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From 2012 to 2015, employees of Elite Imports, a car dealership, engaged in a variety of fraudulent activities.

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A jury found Jessica A. O’Brien guilty of both bank fraud and mail fraud affecting a financial institution based on her participation in a 2004-to-2007 mortgage fraud scheme.

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Levi Lord, an inmate in the Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin, exposed himself to a female guard.

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Benjamin Omorhienrhien is a Nigerian citizen who received conditional permanent resident status based on his marriage to a United States citizen.

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This case is the culmination of a grotesque history of sexual abuse in the Geary household.

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Florence Mussat, an Illinois physician doing business through a professional services corporation, received two unsolicited faxes from IQVIA, a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in Pennsylvania.

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This § 1983 case arises out of disciplinary decisions issued by the Cook County Sheriff’s Merit Board between 2013 and 2016.

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One hundred police departments use a surveillance network of GPS-enabled acoustic sensors called ShotSpotter to identify gunfire, quickly triangulate its location, and then direct officers to it.

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Brickstructures, Inc. and Coaster Dynamix, Inc. joined forces to create a LEGO‐compatible roller coaster set.

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A jury found Monica Hernandez guilty of mail fraud for her participation in a fraudulent mortgage trust company.

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Monique Bowling purchased over $1.3 million worth of computer equipment on the City of Gary, Indiana’s vendor accounts and then sold the devices for cash, leaving the city to foot the bill.

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Weekly Case Digests – April 13, 2020 – April 17, 2020

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Kansas makes it a crime to commit “identity theft” or engage in fraud to obtain a benefit.

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