Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
A jury convicted Justin Van Dera of homicide by negligent use of a motor vehicle, operating after revocation, second-degree recklessly endangering safety, obstructing an officer, and three counts of misdemeanor bail jumping.
Foreclosure – Standing to Sue
David and Terri Whitehead appeal a judgment of foreclosure granted in favor of UMB Bank, N.A.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Mark Daniel Cabagua, pro se, appeals the circuit court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16) motion to withdraw his Alford pleas to repeated sexual assault of a child, first-degree sexual assault of a child, and second-degree sexual assault of a child.
Sentencing Guidelines
A grand jury indicted Rick E. Brown and Mary C. Talaga with one count of conspiracy to commit health-care fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349, six counts of health-care fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347, and three counts of falsifying a matter or providing false statements, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1035(a).
FDA Approved Drug Classification
This appeal arises from the district court presiding over thousands of related claims against manufacturers of testosterone replacement therapy drugs.
Due Process Violation – Absentee Ballots
In this appeal, former residents of Illinois now residing in the United States territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands challenge federal and state statutes that do not allow them to obtain absentee ballots for federal elections in Illinois.
Jury Instructions
After he was fired, Glen Armstrong sued his former employer, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), under the Federal Rail Safety Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20109 et seq.
Sentencing Guidelines
The district court sentenced Skylar D. Henshaw, a career offender, to five years’ probation–a sentence 151 months lower than the bottom end of his guidelines range and 57 months lower than the sentence recommended by Henshaw’s counsel.
Failure to State Claim
A felony conviction for stealing $12 worth of meat branded Anthony Johnson a “sexual predator” under Illinois law and subjected him to burdens and responsibilities he didn’t have before that conviction.
FDCPA Violation
Plaintiffs sued defendant, a debt collection agency, for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”).
Sufficiency of Evidence and Due Process Violation
Deshon Adams pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon and was sentenced to 87 months in prison—the top of the range recommended by the Sentencing Guidelines.
Court Error – Sentencing Guidelines
Diana Gumila ran a home-healthcare company that defrauded the federal government of several million dollars.
Legal News
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- 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
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