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Civil Digest

Jul 23, 2018

OWI – Mistrial

Dale Delvoye appeals a judgment, entered after a jury trial, convicting him of second-offense operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC).

Jul 23, 2018

Breach of Contract – Damages

S & K, Inc., f/k/a Singh Restaurant Operations, Inc. (“S & K”), and its principal, Surinder Manak, appeal a joint and several money judgment against them and in favor of U.S. Venture, Inc. f/k/a U.S. Oil Co., Inc. (“U.S. Venture”), in the amount of $92,866.55.

Jul 23, 2018

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Yvette Harris appeals a judgment of conviction, entered following a jury trial, for Medicaid fraud1 and theft by false representation of an amount under $2500.

Jul 23, 2018

Immigration – Petition For Review

Alvaro Cortina-Chavez petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) to deny his motion to reconsider the dismissal of his administrative appeal.

Jul 23, 2018

Immigration Removal Order

Ricardo Sanchez seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his motion to reopen its prior decision denying him discretionary cancellation of removal.

Jul 23, 2018

Evidentiary Errors

Thomas Lovelace alleges that correctional officers at Dixon Correctional Center severely beat him while he was transferred between housing units.

Jul 23, 2018

Demurrage

Demurrage is a charge that rail carriers are statutorily required to impose when rail cars are detained beyond the time the tariff allows for loading or unloading.

Jul 23, 2018

Due Process Violation

Like many jurisdictions, Indiana has turned to “drug courts” to tackle substance-abuse problems more flexibly than traditional sentencing regimes might allow.

Jul 23, 2018

Employment Discrimination

Anthony Robinson and Timothy Spangler, police officers employed by the University of Illinois at Chicago Police Department(“Department”), brought claims against the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and four individuals for race‐based discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

Jul 18, 2018

Remedial Redistricting Order – Gerrymandering

This appeal arises from a remedial redistricting order entered by the District Court in a racial gerrymandering case we have seen before.

Jul 18, 2018

Court Error – Habeas Corpus Relief

In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a denial of federal habeas relief, 28 U. S. C. §2254, on the ground that the state court had unreasonably rejected respondent’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.

Jul 18, 2018

4th Amendment Violation

Petitioner Mary Ann Sause, proceeding pro se, filed this action under Rev. Stat. 1979, 42 U. S. C. §1983, and named as defendants past and present members of the Louisburg, Kansas, police department, as well as the current mayor and a former mayor of the town.

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