Sentencing Guidelines – First Step Act
The First Step Act allows district courts to reduce the sentences of criminal defendants who have been convicted of a “covered offense.”
Qualified Immunity
For some government jobs, political affiliation is an appropriate position requirement.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Robert Hosler was convicted after a bench trial of using a facility or means of interstate commerce to attempt to “persuade[], induce[], entice[], or coerce[]” a minor to engage in sexual activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b).
Prisoner – 1st Amendment Violation – Summary Judgment
Elijah Manuel sued prison personnel under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming First Amendment violation when his cell was searched following a disagreement over a grievance procedure.
ERISA – Repayment Clause – Covered Dependent
Doctors removed Shelby Haynes’s gallbladder in 2013. She was injured in the process and required additional surgery that led to more than $300,000 in medical expenses.
Probable Cause – Suppression of Evidence
Police investigating drug trafficking in Vermilion County, Illinois, sent an informant to buy two ounces of cocaine at the home of Finas Glenn.
ADA Violation – Disparate Treatment Claim
Angela Tonyan worked as a store manager at Dunham’s Athleisure Corporation (Dunham’s) when she suffered a series of injuries, requiring multiple surgeries and temporary restrictions to her shoulder, arm, and hand movement.
Subject-matter Jurisdiction – Collective Bargaining Agreement
Private labor relations in this country are governed almost exclusively by federal law.
Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing
In what is becoming an all-too-familiar subject, this appeal raises a question about whether a state drug statute sweeps more broadly than its federal counterpart because the former includes a particular isomer of a substance that the latter does not.
Sentencing Guidelines
Marcus Durham received a 35-year sentence for a federal drug offense that was later reduced to 20 years due to subsequent amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines.
ADA Violation – Retaliation Claim
Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) twice fired Janet Kotaska because she could not lift up to 75 pounds.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In 2002 Alice Minter became ill and weakened; her hair fell out; while in a hospital she entered a coma and seemed on the brink of death.
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