Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Yvette Harris appeals a judgment of conviction, entered following a jury trial, for Medicaid fraud1 and theft by false representation of an amount under $2500.
Immigration – Petition For Review
Alvaro Cortina-Chavez petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) to deny his motion to reconsider the dismissal of his administrative appeal.
Immigration Removal Order
Ricardo Sanchez seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his motion to reopen its prior decision denying him discretionary cancellation of removal.
Evidentiary Errors
Thomas Lovelace alleges that correctional officers at Dixon Correctional Center severely beat him while he was transferred between housing units.
Demurrage
Demurrage is a charge that rail carriers are statutorily required to impose when rail cars are detained beyond the time the tariff allows for loading or unloading.
Due Process Violation
Like many jurisdictions, Indiana has turned to “drug courts” to tackle substance-abuse problems more flexibly than traditional sentencing regimes might allow.
Employment Discrimination
Anthony Robinson and Timothy Spangler, police officers employed by the University of Illinois at Chicago Police Department(“Department”), brought claims against the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and four individuals for race‐based discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
Walworth County attorney pleading no contest to misconduct charges
A Walworth County attorney has agreed to plead no contest to six charges of ethical misconduct.
Weekly Case Digests — July 16-July 20, 2018
Weekly Case Digests — July 16-July 20, 2018
Remedial Redistricting Order – Gerrymandering
This appeal arises from a remedial redistricting order entered by the District Court in a racial gerrymandering case we have seen before.
Court Error – Habeas Corpus Relief
In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a denial of federal habeas relief, 28 U. S. C. §2254, on the ground that the state court had unreasonably rejected respondent’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.
4th Amendment Violation
Petitioner Mary Ann Sause, proceeding pro se, filed this action under Rev. Stat. 1979, 42 U. S. C. §1983, and named as defendants past and present members of the Louisburg, Kansas, police department, as well as the current mayor and a former mayor of the town.
Legal News
- Milwaukee’s Common Council now has the most African Americans, women and openly LGBTQ members ever
- Office of School Safety Provides Behavioral and Threat Assessment Management Training Ahead of 25th Anniversary of Columbine Shooting
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments in Democratic governor’s suit against GOP-led Legislature
- Lawsuit asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to strike down governor’s 400-year veto
- Wisconsin man pleads not guilty to neglect in disappearance of boy
- ACS Selects University of Wisconsin Law School’s Miriam Seifter for 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholar Award
- People with disabilities sue in Wisconsin over lack of electronic absentee ballots
- Wisconsin Republicans ignore governor’s call to spend $125M to combat ‘forever chemicals’
- Native American voices are finally factoring into energy projects
- Steven Avery prosecutor Ken Kratz admits ‘mistakes were made’
- Colombian national extradited to Milwaukee faces International narcotics-trafficking conspiracy charge
- MPD: Milwaukee homicides down nearly 40 percent compared to last year
WLJ People
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Russell Nicolet
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- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Katherine Metzger
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- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dana Wachs
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