Fourth Amendment Violation – Voting Registration
This is a case of wait‐and‐hurry‐up, rather than its more familiar cousin, hurry‐up‐and‐wait.
Abuse of Discretion
Plaintiff‐appellee Peter Koehn filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Defendants‐appellants Lauri Tobias and Margaret Segerston (Defendants), his former employers, unlawfully retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights.
Sentencing Guidelines
Douglas Jackson appeals following a jury trial at which he was convicted of three counts of transporting a minor in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in illegal sexual activity, see 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a), three counts of sex trafficking of a minor, see 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a), and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence (sex trafficking of a minor), se[...]
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Jury Instructions
Although in this appeal Stephenson’s lawyer mounts a vigorous challenge to both the murder conviction and the death sentence, the first challenge fails.
Sufficiency of Evidence and Denial of Pre-trial Motions
The government brought charges related to a methamphetamine‐distribution conspiracy in southern Indiana against nineteen people, fifteen of whom pled guilty to at least one charge.
Suppression of Evidence
As Castetter saw things, Michigan’s police lack authority to monitor the location of a car in Indiana, no matter what the Michigan warrant says.
FLSA Collective Action
This appeal arises from a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action.
Postconviction Statue of Limitations – Equitable Tolling
During a drug deal that went bad, shots were fired and Gregory Jones was fatally wounded.
Plea Agreement – Competency
Anderson’s plea agreement prevented him from directly appealing his conviction and sentence, but he was nonetheless entitled to file a motion for collateral relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
Sufficiency of Evidence
This case involves the unfortunate meeting of a hapless retired baseball player seeking to invest his earnings, a self‐described “con man” who claims to be reformed, persons running a Ponzi scheme, and a man who “had no business handling the investment finances of others.”
Sufficiency of Evidence
Michele Nischan alleges that she was fired from her job for filing a sexual‐harassment complaint.
Petition for Habeas Corpus Dismissed
Russell Prevatte was convicted of detonating a pipe bomb in an alley that destroyed property and resulted in the death of an innocent bystander, Emily Antkowicz, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i).
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