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A jury convicted Jose Jaime Lopez of several drug-related offenses and the district court sentenced him to life in prison.

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This case came to my attention, as motions judge, when the appellees sought permission to file a brief containing more words than the 14,000 permitted by Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(7) and Circuit Rule 32(c). Jay Vermillion, the appellant, represented that his brief contains fewer than 14,000 words, after excluding the portions not counted by Rule 32(f).

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In 2015, federal agents infiltrated a child pornography website called Playpen and deployed a computer program to identify Playpen’s users.

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Wisconsin requires public officials to report certain events or suspicions about teachers to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

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After the State of Illinois dismissed criminal charges against plaintiff‐appellant Calvin Lindsey for unlawful possession of a weapon, he filed this civil action asserting claims for false arrest, excessive force, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law assault and battery.

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At sentencing Tyree M. Neal, Jr. asserted that he was not guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine because the facts, as he saw them, did not demonstrate that he agreed with others to buy and sell cocaine.

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Pamela Herrington filed class and collective actions against Waterstone Mortgage Corporation, her former employer, for wage and hour violations.

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Synchrony Bank hired GC Services Limited Partnership to collect a debt Francina Smith purportedly owed on her Sam’s Club credit card.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently issued an order adopting a modification to the state’s default-judgment rule.

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Weekly Case Digests - November 5 - November 9, 2018

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded a Madison attorney who is also the mayor of Fitchburg.

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The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently publicly reprimanded a Chicago lawyer for taking a brief and changing it in ways that went beyond its specific orders.

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Attorney Brian P. Mularski appeals Referee Jonathan V. Goodman's report recommending that we deny Attorney Mularski's petition for reinstatement of his license to practice law in Wisconsin.

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We review a stipulation filed pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 by the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Adam J. Wiensch.

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We review the report and recommendation of Referee James W. Mohr, Jr., concluding that Attorney Ryan P. Thompson committed 16 counts of professional misconduct and recommending the court suspend his law license for 15 months, order him to pay restitution to one client, A.K., and impose the costs of this proceeding on him.

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We review the supplemental report filed by Referee John Nicholas Schweitzer, adopting an amended stipulation entered between the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Michele A. Tjader.

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Jeffrey Perschke appeals a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration.

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Orchard Estates, LLC brought an eviction action against Randal Meyer.

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Kurt and Monika Roots filed a third-party complaint against Mark Udvari-Solner seeking relief based on intentional misrepresentation, violation of WIS. STAT. § 100.18 (2015-16), and equitable contribution or indemnification.

Karen Rosneck appeals a circuit court order affirming a decision of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) determining that her job is properly classified as a paraprofessional “Library Services Assistant-Advanced,” rather than as a professional “Librarian.”

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Dylan Hayes, by counsel, appeals his judgment of conviction.

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S.R.H. argues that the circuit court erred in denying his request for new counsel or to proceed pro se.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack recently announced that the high court’s priorities this term will include not only working with the Legislature on increasing the private bar rate and increasing the ranks of state prosecutors, but also reviewing the work of the state’s court system.

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A Wauwatosa lawyer who faces a year-long suspension is admitting to taking money from his firm and committing professional misconduct.

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Jesse J. Kain appeals from a judgment convicting him of operating with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), third offense, under WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(b).

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Nikolas S. Czysz appeals pro se from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

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Daniel J. White appeals from a circuit court order affirming an order of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) holding that White’s employer, Sevenson Environmental Service, did not unreasonably refuse to rehire him because White abandoned his job.

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In these consolidated appeals, Kole Eichinger challenges the circuit court’s 2017 order denying expunction of misdemeanor crimes to which he pleaded guilty in 2012.

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Derrick Bradley appeals a judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s guilty verdicts, for two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety while using a dangerous weapon, as a repeater; and a single count of firearm possession by a felon, as a repeater.

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Does a six month delay between a property inspection and notice of a municipal ordinance citation violate due process?

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