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immigration
After DHS reinstated previous removal orders and initiated a new removal proceeding, Mejia made a plea for withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3) and protection under the Convention Against Torture.
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
Officer Brinkmeier at Dixon Correctional Center informed inmate Walker that prison policy prohibited inmates from having "unsearchable" hairstyles, specifically mentioning dreadlocks.
Public Employee Immunity
In 2019, Fehlman served as the interim police chief for the Neillsville Police Department.
Administrative Law
An Illinois state agency is responsible for overseeing Metra, a passenger railroad system operating from Chicago with lines radiating outwards.
Postconviction Relief- Ineffective Assistance of Trial Counsel
Booker, convicted of first-degree murder, was given a 55-year sentence.
Sentencing Guidelines
After entering a guilty plea for the charge of possessing a firearm as a felon under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), Hendrix received a 78-month prison sentence, which exceeded the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G.) range of 46-57 months.
Sexually Dangerous Persons Act-Fourteenth Amendment
Illinois's Sexually Dangerous Persons Act permits the commitment and indefinite detention of individuals charged with a crime who are found to suffer from a mental disorder and show criminal tendencies towards committing sex offenses.
TCPA Class Action-Unsolicited Advertisements
Elanco Animal Health sent two unsolicited faxes to Ambassador Animal Hospital, extending invitations to their veterinarians and owner for two free dinner programs: "Canine and Feline Disease Prevention Hot Topics" and "Rethinking Management of Osteoarthritis."
Sentencing Guidelines-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Evans engaged in two separate heroin sales to a confidential source, one involving 50 grams and the other 125 grams.
Election Law
In 2020, Reardon ran for Coles County State's Attorney but was not successful, as the incumbent, Danley, retained the position.
Sherman Act
Multiple lawsuits were filed alleging that various companies within the broiler-chicken industry formed a cartel.
Vehicular Hijacking-Crime of Violence
Brown was found guilty of bank robbery and classified as a career offender based on U.S.S.G. 4B1.1, 4B1.2, with a suggested sentencing range of 210-240 months' imprisonment.
Polls
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- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
