Prisoner – Deliberate Indifference
Anthony Machicote is a Wisconsin inmate who had a surgery that left him in extreme pain necessitating strong medication at regular intervals.
Sentencing Guidelines – Supervised Release
Gregory Greene pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(1), 2252A(b)(1), and received a within‐guidelines prison sentence and a life term of supervised release.
Immigration – Removal Order
Under immigration law, it can make a big difference whether a non-citizen entered the United States legally or not.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Orlando Medina was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
Habeas Relief – Exclusion of Evidence
On July 23, 2010, Shan Fieldman climbed into a truck in a Walmart parking lot and told a hitman that he wanted his ex-wife and her boyfriend killed.
Appellate Jurisdiction
Many years ago, a class of plaintiffs sued the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, alleging that the Clerk was engaging in unlawful political patronage in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
David Daugherty, an administrative law judge hearing disability-benefits applications for the Social Security Administration, supplemented his salary by taking bribes.
Prisoner – 4th Amendment Violation
Plaintiffs—a class of more than 200 current and former female inmates at Lincoln Correctional Center—brought this action following mass strip searches conducted as part of a cadet training exercise in 2011.
Immigration – Abuse of Discretion
Maria Lopez-Garcia and her three minor children, Luisa, Wendy, and Rolando Lopez-Lopez are natives and citizens of Guatemala.
Sentencing Guidelines and 5th Amendment Violation
Defendant Latasha Gamble was found guilty of armed bank robbery and sentenced to 151 months in prison.
Title VII Claim – Sufficiency of Evidence
Ron Morris worked for nine years as a train conductor for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.
Construction Permit – Intervention as a Right
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission issued a permit authorizing the construction of a $500 million electricity transmission line in southwestern Wisconsin.
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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)
- 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