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Court Error – Admittance of Evidence
Darrius Washington was charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon after police officers saw him toss a gun into a residential yard.
Attorney Fees
David Knott, an employee of Wisconsin wellness retail store Timothy B. O’Brien, LLC (“Apple Wellness”), left the company and started a similar, competing wellness shop.
Personal Injury – Negligence Claim
Bradley LeDure, a conductor for Union Pacific Railroad Company, slipped and fell while preparing a locomotive for departure.
Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion
Does an air freshener hanging from a rearview mirror obstruct the driver’s clear view?
Prisoner – Exhaustion of Administration Remedies
Elijah Reid, an inmate in the Illinois prison system, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a correctional officer.
Immigration – Removal Order
Franco Damian Ferreyra, a citizen of Argentina, seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals mandating his removal from the United States.
1st Amendment Violation
Two churches contend, in this suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983, that an executive order limiting the size of public assemblies (including religious services) to ten persons violates their rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Violation – Rule 43
David L. Shanks, Jr. did not attend his trial for drug-distribution offenses, for which a jury found him guilty and the district court entered a judgment of conviction.
Abuse of Discretion – Post-judgment Motion Denied
Aishef Shaffer, while an Illinois state inmate, sued prison officials for alleged violations of his constitutional rights.
Weekly Case Digests – August 3, 2020 – August 7, 2020
Weekly Case Digests – August 3, 2020 – August 7, 2020
Statutory Interpretation – PLRA
To help staunch a “flood of nonmeritorious” prisoner litigation, the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) established what has become known as the three-strikes rule.
Attorney Disciplinary Hearing
We review Referee John B. Murphy's recommendation that Attorney Stanley Whitmore Davis be declared in default and his license to practice law in Wisconsin suspended for one year for professional misconduct.
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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
