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Sep 18, 2018

Sentencing Guidelines

Jimmy Thompson was charged by indictment and pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C § 922(g)(1).

Sep 18, 2018

ADA Violation – Retaliation Claim

Linda Rowlands claims that United Parcel Service (“UPS”) discriminated against her because she had a disability, failed to accommodate her disability, and retaliated against her when she requested accommodations, all in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 14 U.S.C. § 12111 et seq. (“ADA”).

Sep 18, 2018

8th Amendment Violation

Since entering the custody of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections in 2009, Donald Wilson has sought medical treatment for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, neck and throat pain, and difficulty breathing and swallowing.

Sep 18, 2018

Due Process Claim

Michael Beley and Douglas Montgomery represent a class of sex offenders who allege that the City of Chicago refused to register them under the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) because they could not produce proof of address.

Sep 18, 2018

1st Amendment Violation

During 2013, While Gregory Koger was serving a 300-day sentence in Cook County Jail, Barbara Lyons sent him at least ten books, plus some magazines and newspapers.

Sep 18, 2018

Civil Forfeiture

In December 2002, law enforcement seized $100,120 in United States currency from a passenger on an Amtrak train.

Sep 18, 2018

Negligence Claim – Prescription Drug Label

Defendant GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) appeals from a jury verdict awarding $3 million to plaintiff Wendy Dolin for the death of her husband, Stewart Dolin. Mrs. Dolin alleges that GSK’s negligent omissions in the drug label for Paxil caused her husband’s death.

Sep 17, 2018

Bar-application process changing in response to Madison lawyer’s proposal

The state’s bar-application process is changing in response to a Madison lawyer’s complaint that it had not complied with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Sep 17, 2018

14th Amendment Violation – Damage Award

Wexford Health Sources provides medical care to inmates in Illinois’s prisons. Donald Beard, Jr., an inmate, experiences chronic ankle pain.

Sep 17, 2018

Immigration – Removal Proceedings

In 2015, tattooed members of the Mara 18 gang held a gun to petitioner W.G.A.’s head and threatened to kill him.

Sep 17, 2018

Contract Validity – Personal Guaranty

Sabafon, a telephone company based in Yemen, wanted to buy cards that would provide its customers with prepaid minutes of phone use.

Sep 17, 2018

FDCPA Violation

When Betty Holcomb ran up a credit-card bill and did not pay, the creditor hired the law firm of Freedman Anselmo Lindberg, LLC (“Freedman”), to collect it.

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