8th Amendment Violation
Since entering the custody of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections in 2009, Donald Wilson has sought medical treatment for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, neck and throat pain, and difficulty breathing and swallowing.
Due Process Claim
Michael Beley and Douglas Montgomery represent a class of sex offenders who allege that the City of Chicago refused to register them under the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) because they could not produce proof of address.
1st Amendment Violation
During 2013, While Gregory Koger was serving a 300-day sentence in Cook County Jail, Barbara Lyons sent him at least ten books, plus some magazines and newspapers.
Civil Forfeiture
In December 2002, law enforcement seized $100,120 in United States currency from a passenger on an Amtrak train.
Negligence Claim – Prescription Drug Label
Defendant GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) appeals from a jury verdict awarding $3 million to plaintiff Wendy Dolin for the death of her husband, Stewart Dolin. Mrs. Dolin alleges that GSK’s negligent omissions in the drug label for Paxil caused her husband’s death.
14th Amendment Violation – Damage Award
Wexford Health Sources provides medical care to inmates in Illinois’s prisons. Donald Beard, Jr., an inmate, experiences chronic ankle pain.
Immigration – Removal Proceedings
In 2015, tattooed members of the Mara 18 gang held a gun to petitioner W.G.A.’s head and threatened to kill him.
Contract Validity – Personal Guaranty
Sabafon, a telephone company based in Yemen, wanted to buy cards that would provide its customers with prepaid minutes of phone use.
FDCPA Violation
When Betty Holcomb ran up a credit-card bill and did not pay, the creditor hired the law firm of Freedman Anselmo Lindberg, LLC (“Freedman”), to collect it.
Sentencing Guidelines
In 2010, Wayne Scott was sentenced to 63 months of imprisonment and 36 months of supervised release after entering into a written plea agreement for engaging in two schemes to defraud investors and potential investors.
Immigration – Removal Proceedin
Pedro Rivas-Pena has been a lawful permanent resident of the United States and is a citizen of Mexico.
Immigration – Naturalization Denied
Five years after entering the United States, ostensibly as the unmarried son of a lawful permanent resident, Laith Bijan applied to become a naturalized citizen.
Legal News
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- Congress to formally investigate Secret Service
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
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- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
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