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Class Certification
The defendants appeal from an order certifying eight classes (which for simplicity we’ll pretend are just one class), consisting of persons in Illinois and Missouri who take eye drops manufactured by six pharmaceutical companies—the defendants in the case—for treatment of glaucoma.
Prison Litigation Reform Act – 8th Amendment Violation
Billy Cannon appeals the dismissal of two civil rights complaints, see 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that accuse Milwaukee police, prosecutors, and judges of having violated his constitutional rights during a series of investigations and prosecutions.
Expungement
Circuit precedent holds that a district court has inherent authority to reopen a closed criminal case to consider a request to expunge the judicial record based on an equitable balancing test that weighs the public and private interests at stake.
Motion to Suppress
Martez Dickson appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a gun. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
Rehabilitation Act
Plaintiff Joyce Whitaker worked for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The Department fired Whitaker when she did not return to work after exhausting her unpaid statutory and contractual medical leave.
Breach of Proffer Agreement
Defendant‐Appellant, Antwon Jenkins, was arrested and charged with Kidnapping, 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a), and Using or Carrying a Firearm to Commit a Federal Crime of Violence, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii).
8th Amendment Violation
Nicholas Glisson entered the custody of the Indiana Department of Corrections on September 3, 2010, upon being sentenced for dealing in a controlled substance (selling one prescription pill to a friend who turned out to be a confidential informant).
Removal
Margarita Del Pilar Fitzpatrick, a citizen of Peru, had lived in the United States for three years when she applied for a driver’s license in Illinois.
14-2628 Charles Beal, Jr. v. James Beller et al
Most Fourth Amendment issues arise when a criminal defendant files a motion to suppress evidence allegedly collected in violation of its standards, but this is not such a case.
Disability Insurance Benefits
The Social Security Administration denied Douglas Bird’s application for disability insurance benefits.
Restitution
The three defendants were indicted in 2012 on charges of having committed and conspired to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 & 1349, by extracting money from lenders (including Bank of America) that had financed the sale of properties owned by the defendants in Gary, Indiana.
Motion to Suppress
In 2001, police officers arrested Marshall McDaniel while investigating his girlfriend’s murder.
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