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In this consolidated appeal, Sandra J. Koziol appeals from orders of the circuit court granting the City of Port Washington’s motion to dismiss her appeal from municipal court convictions and denying her motion to reconsider the dismissal.

In these consolidated appeals, Derek J. Degroot, pro se, appeals from judgments and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

Century Fence Company appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing its claim under WIS. STAT. § 779.16 (2019-20) for theft by contractor.

The City of Milwaukee appeals an order granting summary judgment in favor of Saint John’s Communities, Inc., relating to a property tax exemption dispute.

The City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Employees’ Retirement System (MERS) appeal the order granting summary judgment to the Milwaukee Police Supervisors Organization (MPSO) and the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters’ Association Local 215 (Local 215) on the issue of the proper calculation of Duty Disability Retirement (DDR) benefits under their respective collective bargaining agreements (CBAs).

In Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, the Supreme Court considered whether a complaint alleging a violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act “can survive a motion to dismiss when it alleges that major telecommunications providers engaged in certain parallel conduct unfavorable to competition, absent some factual context suggesting agreement, as distinct from identical, independent action.”

Eric Nyandwi, facing removal from the United States because of multiple felony convictions, applied for a deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture.

A grand jury indicted Alejandro Campos-Rivera for unlawfully reentering the United States after removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a).

Giavonni Cunningham appeals his sentence for unlawful possession of ammunition, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), on the ground that the district court miscalculated his range under the Sentencing Guidelines.

Adam Sprenger pled guilty to production and possession of child pornography pursuant to a plea agreement.

This case returns to us after we remanded to the district court for an evidentiary hearing on whether the petitioner could overcome the one‐year time bar to filing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, under the actual innocence exception.

Anthony Lloyd Murry, a Jamaican citizen, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying him relief from removal.

Illinois’s Firearm Concealed Carry Act creates a scheme for licensing individuals to carry concealed firearms in public.

For about 30 years, Eddie Hicks worked as a police officer in Chicago.

Plaintiffs Rock River Health Care, LLC, International Nursing & Rehab Center, LLC, and Island City Rehabilitation Center, LLC, (collectively the “Providers”) brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Medicaid Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396a et seq., alleging that the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (the “Department”) violated constitutional and statutory law in retroactively recalculating their Medicaid reimbursement rates for the three- month period of January through March 2016.

Weekly Case Digests – November 8, 2021 - November 12, 2021

The issue in this appeal is whether the COVID-19 pandemic, as it may affect Thomas M. Parkman, is a “new factor” for purposes of modifying Parkman’s sentence.

The State of Wisconsin appeals the circuit court’s order granting Nicholas Reed Adell’s motion to suppress evidence arising from a traffic stop.

In September 2019, the Circuit Court of Marquette County entered an order involuntarily committing T.W. for mental health treatment for six months, pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.20.

Roger Palmer appeals a circuit court judgment that partitioned a parcel of real property between Roger and the estate of his brother, Kenneth Palmer.

Antonio Davenport challenges the prison sentence he received after the revocation of his probation.

Todd DiMiceli appeals a judgment of conviction for two counts of possession of child pornography.

Nathan Bikowski contracted with Pro Seamless of Wisconsin, Inc. to replace the roof and siding on his residence, and he was unsatisfied with Pro Seamless’s performance.

Jacob Sell, pro se, appeals orders determining child placement and ordering payment of Guardian ad Litem (GAL) and expert witness fees.

Jason appeals from orders extending his WIS. STAT. ch. 51 involuntary commitment, and for his involuntary medication and treatment.

Braidyn Nederhoff appeals a judgment convicting him, upon his guilty pleas, of three counts of possession of methamphetamine, as a repeater.

The defendants appeal from a small claims judgment in the amount of $10,559.50 entered in favor of Rock & Tait Exteriors, LLC, (Rock & Tait) against all defendants, jointly and severally, for roofing work Rock & Tait completed at Mallory’s Restaurant and Rooftop Bar (the Restaurant) in Hudson, Wisconsin.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that corrections were made to paragraph 1 and 2 in the above-captioned opinion which was released on June 2, 2021.

Plaintiffs in this case are about fifty businesses all over the country that offer live adult entertainment in the form of nude or nearly nude dancing.

Ann Robbins defaulted on a small debt to an Indiana hospital system for services provided to her minor children.