Court Error
Following a jury trial, Michael Flournoy was convicted of one count of conspiring to possess cocaine and one count of attempting to possess cocaine.
Sentencing
Police in Wisconsin arrested Damian Patrick while he was in a car on a public street and found him armed.
Immigration – Removal
Petitioner Miguel Perez-Fuentes, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming the denial of his application for cancellation of removal.
Sentencing
The first time this appeal was before us, on direct review, Jennifer Krieger was seeking to vacate the twenty-year sentence she received when her friend died after chewing a fentanyl pain patch provided by Krieger.
Failure to Warn – Causation
Juan Suarez used Goof Off, an extremely flammable product made by W.M. Barr, to remove paint from a basement floor.
4th Amendment
Defendant–appellant, Edward Thompson, was indicted on one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
Meritless Suit
“In 2013 an Illinois lawyer named David M. Goodson received an email from a person who represented himself or herself to be a woman named “Fumiko Anderson.”
Weekly Case Digests — Nov. 21-23, 2016
7th Circuit Digests 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Kenosha Unified School District No.1 Board of Education, et al v. Ashton Whitaker Case No.: 16-8019 Officials: RIPPLE, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. Focus: Lack of Jurisdiction – Title IX Plaintiff Ash Whitaker is a transgender boy whose high school will not permit him to […]
General Appeal – Plea Agreements
Chicago Police Department officer Glenn Lewellen arrested drug dealer Saul Rodriguez in 1996 and eventually turned him into an informant.
Subject Matter Jurisdiction – Tax
This is a difficult tax case made more so by the refusal of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to engage the taxpayer’s arguments or the tax court’s decision.
Breach of Plea Agreement
Over a seven‐year period, Lisa A. Lewis embezzled more than $2 million from twelve people who were 75 to 92 years old.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Ruling on Jones’s § 2254 petition, the district court excused the procedural default based on new evidence of Jones’s actual innocence—namely, Stone’s testimony.
Legal News
- Wisconsin man gets 15 years in prison for Door County bar fire that killed two
- Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging
- Wisconsin election officials fear voter confusion over 2 elections for same congressional seat
- ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
- Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
- The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill
- Bones found in 1989 in a Wisconsin chimney identified as man who last contacted relatives in 1970
- WisGOP convention spotlights abortion, higher education, immigration and national security
- NAACP: No consequences for UWM Pro-Palestinian protesters shows ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’
- New complaints filed against Northwestern over Kenosha football hazing scandal
- Justice Department submits proposed regulation to reschedule marijuana
- Reckless driving on Brown Deer Road results in fatal collision
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