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FDCPA – Request to Amend
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Laura Zuniga, et al v. Pierce and Associates; Kimtylery Heng, et al v. Heavner, Byers & Mihlar, LLC; Justin Gierke v. Codilis & Associates, LLC Case No.: 16-1668; 16-2051 Officials: WOOD,Chief Judge, and BAUER and MANION,Circuit Judges. In these three separate cases consolidated on appeal, appellants challenge the […]
Standing
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Marquise Wright v. Calumet City, Illinois Case No.: 16-2219 Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and BAUER, and ROVNER, Cir‐ cuit Judges. On or around December 22, 2014, Marquise Wright was arrested by police officers employed by Calumet City, Illinois (the “City”). The officers did not have an arrest warrant […]
First Amendment – Due Process
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Brian Roake v. Forest Preserve District of Cook County, et al Case No.: 16-2976 Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges Brian Roake, a former police officer for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, was ostensibly disciplined for drinking alcohol at work. He responded […]
Malicious Act – Jury Instruction
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: United States of America v. Samuel L. Bradbury Case No.: 16-1532 Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges. On June 8, 2014, Jerad and Amanda Miller, originally of Lafayette, Indiana, shot and killed two police officers and one civilian in Las Vegas. The couple died […]
8th Amendment violations
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Lamonte Lake v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc. et al Case No.: 15-2360 Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges Lamonte Lake, a prisoner at Illinois’ Hill Correctional Center, claims in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that Wexford Health Sources, Inc., a contractor serving […]
Motion to Withdraw as Counsel – Revocation
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: United States of America v. Michael Peterson Case No.: 16-2493; 16-2494 Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges In 2006 Michael Peterson was convicted of distributing crack cocaine, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), for which he served eight years in prison. In January 2014, fewer […]
Deliberate Indifference
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Nathaniel Harper v. Venero M. Santos, et al Case No.: 15-1903 Officials: EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges. Nathaniel Harper, an Illinois prisoner, sued a prison doctor, Venerio Santos, and nurse, Terri Dean, for deliberate indifference towards his pain following nine abdominal surgeries, the management of his diet, […]
Plea Agreement – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Willie Long v. United States of America Case No.: 15-2668 Officials: BAUER and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and FEINERMAN, District Judge. Willie Long pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Thereafter, Long sought col‐ lateral relief, arguing that his trial attorney provided ineffective assistance of […]
Weekly Case Digests — Feb. 13 – Feb. 17, 2017
Weekly Case Digests from Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, 2017.
Ch. 51 Commitment
J.T. appeals his involuntary commitment order under WIS. STAT. § 51.20.
Court Error – Relevancy – Sufficiency of Evidence
James and Donna Jordan appeal a judgment dismissing their complaint alleging statutory misrepresentation in connection with the sale of a parcel of farm land by Jolene Wille.
Fourth Amendment
The State appeals the finding that the search of Richard L. Keller’s computer was a police search rather than a probationary search.
Polls
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- Wisconsin DNR agrees to repeal anti-firearm rule
- Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin leads 26 governors to strengthen state and tribal child support enforcement act
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- 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
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
