Sufficiency of Evidence – Sentencing
Paul Elmer owned and operated multiple healthcare-related companies including Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals.
Immigration – Appellate Filling Fee
Fadeel Shuhaiber is confined to a wheelchair. Following the district court’s dismissal of claims he brought against the Illinois Department of Corrections under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act, Shuhaiber appealed and, based on his impoverished status, sought permission to proceed on appeal without prepaying the requisite filing fee.
Sentencing Guidelines – Supervised Release
Devin Dawson violated the conditions of his supervised release after his release from prison.
Punitive Damages
Without permission from Epic Systems, Tata Consultancy Services (“TCS”) downloaded, from 2012 to 2014, thousands of documents containing Epic’s confidential information and trade secrets.
Plea & Sentencing – Alford Plea
Adel Daoud pressed the button to detonate a bomb that would have killed hundreds of innocent people in the name of Islam.
Plea & Sentencing – Waiver of Counsel
Kurt Johnson elected to represent himself at trial on federal fraud charges.
Order Amending Opinion
It is ORDERED that the opinion in this case issued October 21, 2020, is amended as follows: In the first line of the first sentence of the first paragraph under “I. BACKGROUND” on page two, strike “three counts” and replace that phrase with “one count”.
Class Action Fairness Action Violation – Article III Standing
As its name suggests, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA” or “the Act”) protects a person’s privacy interests in his biometric identifiers, including fingerprints, retina and iris scans, hand scans, and facial geometry.
Weekly Case Digests – January 18, 2021 – January 22, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – January 18, 2021 – January 22, 2021
Attorney Disciplinary Hearing
This disciplinary matter comes to the court on Attorney Scholz's appeal of a report and recommendation filed by Referee Kim M. Peterson.
Constitutionality – Operation of Motor Vehicle
Diane Tomko, pro se, appeals an order of the Dodge County Circuit Court finding her guilty of operating a motor vehicle without insurance, operating a motor vehicle without registration, operating a motor vehicle without an operator’s license, and resisting an officer.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Chester J. Mass appeals from a judgment convicting him of first-degree intentional homicide, and an order denying his postconviction motion seeking a new trial on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel.
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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)
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- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
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- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property