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Plea & Sentencing – Collateral-attack Waivers
In 2011, petitioners Ralph Oliver and Ryan Ross pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for brandishing a firearm during a “crime of violence”—theft from a federally licensed firearms dealer, 18 U.S.C. § 922(u).
Immigration – Removal Order
Daniela Guerra Rocha has filed a petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board).
Foreclosure – Damages
This appeal arises out of Illinois foreclosure proceedings on real estate owned by Donald and Lauretta Bauer.
Jury Instructions
Ionel Muresanu was arrested in Wisconsin for his role in a multistate ATM skimming operation.
Due Process Violation
Carolyn Mascow, a teacher who had tenure under Illinois law, was laid off in 2017.
Easement
This appeal presents a question about how 47 U.S.C. §541(a)(2), part of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, affects use of a utility easement in Indiana.
Tax Refund
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allows an affiliated group of corporations to file a consolidated federal return.
ERISA – Fiduciary Duty
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) requires plaintiffs with “actual knowledge” of an alleged fiduciary breach to file suit within three years of gaining that knowledge, 29 U. S. C. §1113(2), rather than within the 6-year period that would otherwise apply.
Sentencing Guidelines
Petitioner Holguin-Hernandez was convicted on drug charges and sentenced to 60 months in prison and five years of supervised release while he was still serving a term of supervised release for an earlier conviction.
Statutory Interpretation – Armed Career Criminal Act
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) mandates a 15-year minimum sentence for a defendant convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm who has at least three convictions for “serious drug offense[s].” 18 U. S. C. §924(e)(1).
Pleas & Sentencing – Collateral Review
An Arizona jury convicted petitioner James McKinney of two counts of first-degree murder.
Damages
United States Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mesa, Jr., shot and killed Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca, a 15-year-old Mexican national, in a tragic and disputed cross-border incident.
Polls
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- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
- Dane County court overturns residential solar decision
- Judge faces formal complaint from state board
- Bankruptcies up 16% in U.S.
- (Updated) Wisconsin law enforcement clash with pro-Palestinian Madison protestors
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Lafayette County Circuit Court
- Complaint against University filed by Wisconsin law firm over $1.9M given to Palestinian students
- Hush money trial judge raises threat of jail as he finds Trump violated gag order, fines him $9K
- Active shooter ‘neutralized’ outside Wisconsin middle school
WLJ People
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Russell Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Benjamin Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dustin T. Woehl
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Katherine Metzger
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Joseph Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – James M. Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dana Wachs
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Mark L. Thomsen
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Matthew Lein
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Jeffrey A. Pitman
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – William Pemberton
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Howard S. Sicula
