Evidentiary Hearing – Vindictive Prosecution
Rodney Lass appeals a judgment entered on jury verdicts convicting him of seven felonies and two misdemeanors, all as domestic abuse violations.
OWI – Suppression of Evidence
Christann Spannraft, pro se, appeals her judgments of conviction for operating while intoxicated (OWI), first offense, and operating without required lamps lighted.
Immigration – Removal Order
Yeison Meza Morales is a native and citizen of Mexico who entered the United States without inspection as a child.
Jury Instructions
Jeremy Wade hoped to reacquaint himself with a girl he knew in high school so he could ask her for a date.
Subject-matter Jurisdiction
Maria Dijamco came to the United States from the Philippines and sought lawful status to stay in the country through her mother who had a green card.
Title VII Violation – Discrimination Claim
Lisa Purtue was fired from her job as a Wisconsin correctional officer for falsely claiming that a prisoner hit her with an empty snack cake box that he threw from his cell.
Time-barred – Legal Malpractice Claim
Elizabeth Ruckelshaus appeals the district court’s determination that Indiana’s statute of limitations bars her legal malpractice claim.
Qualified Immunity
When a prison official knows that an inmate faces a substantial risk of serious harm, the Eighth Amendment requires that official to take reasonable measures to abate the risk.
ALJ Error – Disability Benefits
David Daugherty, an administrative law judge hearing disability-benefits applications for the Social Security Administration, supplemented his salary by taking bribes.
Abuse of Discretion – Motion for Summary Judgment on Exhaustion
The Federal Reporter is replete with examples of prisoners losing cases because they missed litigation deadlines and courts extended little forgiveness.
Insurance Claim – Garnishment Order
This appeal represents the culmination of more than ten years of litigation between a group of neighbors in Elkhart, Indiana and a nearby wood recycling facility.
6th Amendment Violation
David Day, Jr., was indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud stemming from his participation in a fraudulent “credit repair” scheme operating in Indianapolis.
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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