Sentencing Guidelines
Daniel Contreras pleaded guilty to various drug-trafficking offenses in three separately charged criminal cases assigned to three different district judges.
Sufficiency of Evidence
In 2005, petitioner-appellant Todd Saxon was convicted in Illinois state court of first degree murder, arson, and concealment of homicide.
First Amendment Retaliation
From 1986 to 2015, Plaintiff Ronald Forgue was an officer with the Chicago Police Department (“CPD”).
Sentencing Guidelines
Travis Oliver pled guilty to wire fraud for defrauding investors.
Sufficiency of Evidence – Expert Testimony
This case was brought by the estate of decedent Phillip Madden (“Madden”). The claim arises under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the United States from an ultimately fatal medical incident Madden suffered while in the care, custody, and control of the Jessie Brown V.A. Medical Hospital (“Hospital”).
Immigration Appeal
Jovo Asentic, a Bosnian Serb who is now 65, was granted refugee status and brought his family to the United States from the former Yugoslavia more than fifteen years ago.
Sentencing Guidelines and Jurisdiction
In 1998 Stacy Haynes was convicted of 12 federal crimes and sentenced to life plus 105 years in prison.
Civil Rights Violation – Prisoner
Sanders alleges in this suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 that, although his confinement may protect guards and other prisoners, the isolation, heat, and restricted air flow in solitary confinement harm him by aggravating both his psychological problems and his asthma.
Council may move meetings to State Bar Center
Members of the Judicial Council recently met for the first time since the Wisconsin Supreme Court had pulled the agency's budget, coming together in the War Room of the State Bar Center in Madison.
Lawyer-turned-contractor appealing recommended revocation of law license
A former Dane County lawyer who now runs a construction company is challenging a recommendation that his law license be indefinitely suspended.
Appleton attorney could owe more than $800 to OLR in disciplinary case
An Appleton attorney could be on the hook for the more than $800 the OLR spent on his disciplinary case.
OLR wants Oshkosh attorney to pay for most of disciplinary proceeding
The Office of Lawyer Regulation is recommending that an Oshkosh personal-injury attorney pay three-fourths of the agency’s costs in prosecuting him for misconduct.
Legal News
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- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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