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Negligence Claim – Duty of Care
Donald Jeffords was a crane operator on a construction project at an oil refinery.
Inmate Trust Fund Policy – Unauthorized Financial Transactions – Reduction of Good Time Credit
A prison disciplinary board in Indiana concluded that James Crawford had participated in an “unauthorized financial transaction” by telling Scott Wolf, a fellow inmate, to send $400 to his mother, Becky Crawford.
Sentencing Guidelines
Jacqueline Kennedy-Robey pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341.
Damages
This is an appeal from a Federal Tort Claims Act judgment in favor of the plaintiff. When plaintiff Yong Juan “Maggie” Zhao gave birth to her son “S.,” he suffered an avoidable brachial plexus injury.
Immigration – Removal Order
Yeison Meza Morales is a native and citizen of Mexico who entered the United States without inspection as a child.
Jury Instructions
Jeremy Wade hoped to reacquaint himself with a girl he knew in high school so he could ask her for a date.
Subject-matter Jurisdiction
Maria Dijamco came to the United States from the Philippines and sought lawful status to stay in the country through her mother who had a green card.
Title VII Violation – Discrimination Claim
Lisa Purtue was fired from her job as a Wisconsin correctional officer for falsely claiming that a prisoner hit her with an empty snack cake box that he threw from his cell.
Time-barred – Legal Malpractice Claim
Elizabeth Ruckelshaus appeals the district court’s determination that Indiana’s statute of limitations bars her legal malpractice claim.
Qualified Immunity
When a prison official knows that an inmate faces a substantial risk of serious harm, the Eighth Amendment requires that official to take reasonable measures to abate the risk.
ALJ Error – Disability Benefits
David Daugherty, an administrative law judge hearing disability-benefits applications for the Social Security Administration, supplemented his salary by taking bribes.
Abuse of Discretion – Motion for Summary Judgment on Exhaustion
The Federal Reporter is replete with examples of prisoners losing cases because they missed litigation deadlines and courts extended little forgiveness.
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