Habeas Relief – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
A jury convicted Alonso Corral of attempted homicide after two men who knew him swore that he shot at them.
Fair Labor Standards Act – Individual Claims – Time-barred
Between November 2011 and August 2013, Peggy Jo Smith worked for Professional Transportation Inc. (PTI), a company that transports railroad crews to and from their places of work.
Jury Instructions
Jimmy Powell dealt cocaine. After a drug deal went bad and his customer ended up with life‐ threatening injuries, he was charged in Wisconsin state court with various crimes, including first‐degree reckless injury.
First Step Act – Compassionate Release
Ross Thacker is serving a 33-year federal sentence for a series of armed robberies he committed in 2002.
Abuse of Discretion – Suppression of Evidence
Alexander Bebris sent child pornography over Facebook’s private user-to-user messaging system, Facebook Messenger, in 2018.
FCRA – Failure to State Claim
In these consolidated cases, plaintiffs owe consumer debts they claim are not owned by the creditors listed on their credit reports.
Railway Labor Act Violation – Duty of Fair Representation
The plaintiffs, pilot instructors for United Airlines, brought this class action against the Air Line Pilots Association, International (“ALPA”), their recognized agent for the purpose of collective bargaining.
Statutory Interpretation – 4th Amendment – Search and Seizure
Tuggle’s case presents an issue of first impression for this Court: whether the warrantless use of pole cameras to observe a home on either a short- or long-term basis amounts to a “search” under the Fourth Amendment.
Jury Instructions
Jyshawn Jackson, together with Marnetta Walker, sold drugs on six occasions to a confidential source (“CS”) during a two-month span in 2019.
ALJ Review – Disability Benefits
Mike Butler sought disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 401–433, and that claim for benefits was denied by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) following a hearing.
4th Amendment Violation – Unlawful Seizure
Plaintiff Sally Gaetjens sued various local government officials for entering and condemning her home and confiscating her thirty‐seven cats, all without a warrant.
Immigration – Removal Order
Oscar Calan-Montiel, a citizen of Mexico, entered the United States without color of legal right to be here.
Legal News
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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