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7th Circuit Digest

Jun 8, 2021

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Violation – Rule 43

Michael Stivers pled guilty to receiving, possessing, and distributing child pornography.

Jun 8, 2021

Supplemental Jurisdiction – Title IX Violation

Before the arrival of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, Plaintiff Michelle Jauquet’s daughter, “Student A,” was already experiencing an exceedingly difficult eighth grade year at Notre Dame of De Pere Catholic Middle School in Wisconsin.

Jun 8, 2021

Personal Jurisdiction

Hobart police officers, relying on information obtained from an investigative database, misidentified Appellant Cortez Javan Rogers as the person who allegedly had intimidated a witness in a pending murder case.

Jun 8, 2021

Warrantless Search – Probable Search

A jury convicted defendant-appellant Adonnis Carswell on four drug and firearm offenses, including possession of heroin with intent to distribute.

Jun 8, 2021

Sufficiency of Evidence

An Illinois jury convicted Julius Evans of the first-degree murder of Moatice Williams, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Chicago.

Jun 8, 2021

Sentencing Guidelines – Plain Error

Alfred Jerry robbed a cellphone store at gunpoint and then pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951.

Jun 8, 2021

First Step Act – Compassionate Release

David Newton, an inmate at FCI Seagoville in Texas, moved for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).

Jun 8, 2021

Immigration – Asylum

Oscar Guzman-Garcia fled Mexico for the United States in 2006, fearing gang retaliation for witnessing the murder of his older brother.

Jun 8, 2021

Habeas Relief – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

A Wisconsin jury found Ross Thill guilty of sexual contact with A.M.M., his ex‐girlfriend’s eight‐ year‐old daughter.

Jan 25, 2021

Sufficiency of Evidence

These appeals stem from an action brought in 2010 by Nathson Fields, asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against the City of Chicago and individuals including several Chicago police officers as well as two former Cook County prosecutors.

Jan 25, 2021

Court Error – Summary Judgment

This is a case of a disgruntled entrepreneur trying to spin her business difficulties into constitutional claims.

Jan 25, 2021

Sentencing Guidelines – Compassionate Release

Federal judges have long been able to release prisoners for compassionate reasons such as terminal illness.

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