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Immigration – Removal Order
Petitioner Julio Cesar Najera-Rodriguez is a lawful permanent resident of the United States. In 2016, an Illinois state court convicted him of unlawful possession of several Xanax pills without a prescription.
Probable Cause – Suppression of Evidence
Mark Turner persuaded Demontae Bell to help him sell several stolen firearms.
Vacatur of Consent Decree
Indiana counties must maintain a three‐member election board, made up of the circuit court clerk and two individuals the clerk appoints, one “from each of the major political parties of the county.”
4th Amendment Violation
Officer Curtis Squires received a crime-in-progress notification while patrolling in Bloomington, Illinois during the late evening hours of September 21, 2017.
Quia Timet Claims
Although linguists call Latin a “dead language,” legal nomenclature dies hard.
Weekly Case Digests – June 24, 2019 – June 28, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – June 24, 2019 – June 28, 2019
Statutory Interpretation
Indiana’s petition for certiorari argues that the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit incorrectly invalidated two new provisions of Indiana law: the first relating to the disposition of fetal remains by abortion providers; and the second barring the knowing provision of sex-, race-, or disability-selective abortions by abortion providers.
ALJ Error – Disability Benefits
The Social Security Act allows for judicial review of “any final decision . . . made after a hearing” by the Social Security Administration (SSA). 42 U. S. C. §405(g).
Class Action – General Removal
The general removal statute, 28 U. S. C. §1441(a), provides that “any civil action” over which a federal court would have original jurisdiction may be removed to federal court by “the defendant or the defendants.”
1st Amendment Violation
Respondent Russell Bartlett sued petitioners—two police officers—alleging that they retaliated against him for his protected First Amendment speech by arresting him for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Objection to Jury Instructions
This is a review of an unpublished, per curiam decision of the court of appeals, State v. Trammell, No. 2017AP1206-CR, unpublished slip op.
Plea Colloquy
This is a review of an unpublished, per curiam decision of the court of appeals, State v. Pegeese, No. 2017AP741–CR, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. Jun. 21, 2018), affirming the circuit court's order denying Javien Cajujuan Pegeese's ("Pegeese") postconviction motion to withdraw his guilty plea.
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