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Weekly Case Digests – November 11, 2019 – November 15, 2019

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T.R. appeals the circuit court’s orders terminating her parental rights to three children, K.D., K.S., and A.S., on the petitions of the Dane County Department of Human Services (the County).

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Genevieve S. Thornberry appeals an amended judgment convicting her of causing mental harm to a child, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 948.04(1) (2017-18), to the extent that it ordered her to register as a sex offender under WIS. STAT. § 301.45.

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Marcus Demond Anderson, Sr. appeals a judgment of conviction, following guilty pleas, to two counts of delivering heroin.

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Jude Giles appeals a judgment, entered following a jury trial, convicting him of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), as a second offense.

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Robert C. Washington appeals a judgment of conviction, following guilty pleas, of one count of first-degree reckless homicide and one count of first-degree reckless injury.

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The State of Wisconsin appeals an order granting Michael McGinnis’s motion to suppress evidence obtained during his arrest.

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In these consolidated cases, Larry Olson appeals from orders revoking his conditional release, pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 971.17(3)(e) (2017-18).

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The plaintiffs, Jamie and Sandra Swartz, allege a conspiracy among multiple state and private defendants to deprive them of their property, namely, several goats and horses.

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The Zamudio drug organization distributed pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine through‐ out the Indianapolis, Indiana area.

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In Coleman v. Labor & Industry Review Commission, 860 F.3d 461 (7th Cir. 2017), we held that a magistrate judge does not have the authority to enter a final judgment in a case when only one party—in that case, the plaintiff—has consented to the magistrate judge’s jurisdiction.

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For certain federal crimes involving sexual exploitation of minors, a federal statute— 18 U.S.C. § 2252(b)—increases the mandatory minimum sentence when the defendant has a prior conviction “under the laws of any State relating to,” among other things, “possession … of child pornography.”

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Plaintiff-appellant David McDaniel alleges his former employer, defendant-appellee Progress Rail Locomotive, Inc., unlawfully discriminated against him on the basis of age and retaliated against him for complaining about a superior, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621–34.

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We accepted Christine Dancel’s petition under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) so that we could review the district court’s denial of class certification.

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Defendant-Appellant Sergio Zacahua requests that we vacate his guilty plea because the district court failed to inform him of the potential immigration consequences of his plea, as Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(1)(O) requires.

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Dennis Jackson was convicted of multiple drug charges and sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment.

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Alejandro Yeatts became ensnared in a federal investigation of his employer, Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (“Biomet”), for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act because of his contacts with a distributor in Latin America who had bribed doctors.

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This appeal involves a long-running trademark dispute over ownership and misuse of a wordmark and logo for below-ground storm shelters.

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Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials denied inmate Paul Nigl’s request to marry his former prison psychologist, Dr. Sandra Johnston.

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The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (the “Department”) disallowed the Union Pacific Railroad Company (“Union Pacific”) from claiming a property tax exemption for the value of its custom computer software, which under Wisconsin law is a type of intangible personal property.

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Weekly Case Digests – October 28, 2019 – November 1, 2019

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Marc Roehl appeals pro se from the circuit court’s grant of Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC’s motion to dismiss Roehl’s complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.

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Scott L. Nutting appeals from a judgment of conviction for second-degree sexual assault of a child and an order denying his postconviction motion for relief.

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R.P. appeals orders terminating her parental rights to her daughters, Amanda and Nicole. R.P. argues the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion in concluding that terminating her parental rights was in the children’s best interests.

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Deangelo D. Tubbs appeals the judgment of conviction, following a guilty plea, for one misdemeanor count of possessing tetrahydrocannabinol.

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In this mortgage foreclosure action, Brenda Gehring appeals an order denying her motion to set aside an order confirming a sheriff’s sale.

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Vaylan G. Morris appeals his judgment of conviction entered after he pled guilty to second-degree recklessly endangering safety as a party to a crime, and the trial court’s order denying his postconviction motion for resentencing.

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Anthony Murray, pro se, appeals the order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) motion without a hearing.

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Michael Lorentz appeals a judgment, entered following a jury trial, that convicted him of one count of knowingly violating a domestic abuse injunction, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 813.12(8)(a), and three counts of knowingly violating a child abuse injunction, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 813.122(11).

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Keith Shoeder was observed operating his riding lawn mower on the shoulder of a public roadway and was subsequently arrested for fourth-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).

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