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Immigration – Removal Proceedings
In February 2016, the Department of Homeland Security commenced removal proceedings against William Yovanni Molina-Avila.
Sufficiency of Evidence
A jury convicted Jose Jaime Lopez of several drug-related offenses and the district court sentenced him to life in prison.
Statutory Interpretation – Rule 32(f) – Form of Briefs
This case came to my attention, as motions judge, when the appellees sought permission to file a brief containing more words than the 14,000 permitted by Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(7) and Circuit Rule 32(c). Jay Vermillion, the appellant, represented that his brief contains fewer than 14,000 words, after excluding the portions not counted by Rule 32(f).
Exclusionary Rule – Good Faith Exception
In 2015, federal agents infiltrated a child pornography website called Playpen and deployed a computer program to identify Playpen’s users.
Probable Cause – Judicial Review – Department of Public Instruction
Wisconsin requires public officials to report certain events or suspicions about teachers to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
After the State of Illinois dismissed criminal charges against plaintiff‐appellant Calvin Lindsey for unlawful possession of a weapon, he filed this civil action asserting claims for false arrest, excessive force, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law assault and battery.
Plea Withdrawal
At sentencing Tyree M. Neal, Jr. asserted that he was not guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine because the facts, as he saw them, did not demonstrate that he agreed with others to buy and sell cocaine.
Statutory Interpretation – Collective Arbitration
Pamela Herrington filed class and collective actions against Waterstone Mortgage Corporation, her former employer, for wage and hour violations.
FDCPA Violation – Arbitration Agreement
Synchrony Bank hired GC Services Limited Partnership to collect a debt Francina Smith purportedly owed on her Sam’s Club credit card.
Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
Attorney Brian P. Mularski appeals Referee Jonathan V. Goodman's report recommending that we deny Attorney Mularski's petition for reinstatement of his license to practice law in Wisconsin.
Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
We review a stipulation filed pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 by the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Adam J. Wiensch.
Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
We review the report and recommendation of Referee James W. Mohr, Jr., concluding that Attorney Ryan P. Thompson committed 16 counts of professional misconduct and recommending the court suspend his law license for 15 months, order him to pay restitution to one client, A.K., and impose the costs of this proceeding on him.
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- Active shooter ‘neutralized’ outside Wisconsin middle school
- Audit finds Wisconsin Capitol Police emergency response times up, calls for better tracking
- Jury finds Wisconsin man sane in sexual assault, killing of toddler
- Attorney sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually exploiting numerous children
- UW-Madison pro-Palestine protesters spark debate over free speech laws
- DEA to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift
- Wisconsin opens public comment on constitutional amendment regarding election officials
- Court upholds Milwaukee police officer’s firing for posting racist memes
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