Ziebell v. Fox Valley Workforce Dev. Bd., Inc.
Plaintiff was fired from her employment with the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc., a state job-training agency serving central Wisconsin with funding from the federal government....
View ArticleBackpage.com, LLC v. Dart
Backpage.com provides an online forum for classified ads and includes an “adult section.” The Sheriff of Cook County initiated a campaign to extinguish Backpage’s adult section - and, by extension, all...
View ArticleBurritt v. Ditlefsen
Plaintiff was arrested for an alleged sexual assault, which allegation turned out to be false. Plaintiff brought this lawsuit against Defendants, Polk County and a Polk County investigator, advancing...
View ArticlePayton v. Cannon
Plaintiff, an inmate at the Illinois Stateville Prison, filed a complaint against members of the prison staff, claiming that a prison prohibition against inmates receiving any magazine that “includes...
View ArticleTate v. SCR Med. Transp., Inc
Tate filed suit pro se, claiming that his former employer, which provides non‐emergency medical transportation, discriminated against him and then having retaliated against him for complaining about...
View ArticleHoward v. Pollard
Inmates, acting pro se, alleged violations of the Eighth Amendment by overcrowding and provision of inadequate mental-health services. The district court denied their “Motion for Class Certification...
View ArticleUnited States v. West
During a consensual search for a stolen television, an old gun that had belonged to West's father was found in the attic. No fingerprints were recovered from the gun and there was conflicting evidence...
View ArticleCFE Group, LLC v. FirstMerit Bank, N.A.
FirstMerit Bank sued CFE Group in federal court to enforce a promissory note and guaranties. The district court dismissed without prejudice, with leave to amend. Rather than amend, FirstMerit filed a...
View ArticleJean-Paul v. Douma
Jean-Paul was convicted of state drug crimes and sentenced to 13 years’ confinement. His appointed appellate counsel, Donnelly, told Jean-Paul that he intended to file a “no-merit report,” unless...
View ArticleBrown v. UAL Corp.
Brown began working as a United flight attendant in 1991. He suffered from depression and bipolar disorder and was disciplined for absenteeism and unprofessionalism. In 2000, he required psychiatric...
View ArticleEstrada-Martinez v. Lynch
Estrada fled Honduras in 1994 after police there detained and tortured him. An immigration judge granted Estrada relief from removal, finding that he will more likely than not face torture if he is...
View ArticleBogina v. Medline Indus., Inc.
In 2011, Bogina sued under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729, seeking compensation for exposing fraud allegedly perpetrated against the federal government and several state governments. Defendants...
View ArticleUnited States v. Brown
Brown was arrested after making a controlled purchase of heroin. Police found Brown at his residence with more than 100 grams of heroin, a loaded semi-automatic pistol, drug trafficking items, and...
View ArticleUnited States v. Hamad
Hamad owned a Chicago convenience store that store sold cigarettes. The county taxes and regulates the sale of cigarettes and employs inspectors to enforce its ordinance. Hamad’s store was on a list of...
View ArticleUnited States v. Slizewski
Madison, Wisconsin Detective Peterson prepared an affidavit for a warrant to search Slizewski’s car, describing four recent robberies. A search of his rental car revealed a gun in the trunk. Slizewski...
View ArticleUnited States v. Poulin
In 2013, the district court sentenced Poulin to two concurrent 115-month terms of imprisonment followed by concurrent life terms of supervised release after he pled guilty to receipt and possession of...
View ArticleWilliams v. Brooks
Officer Brooks conducted a traffic stop of Williams for failing to activate his turn signal prior to changing lanes. Williams did not cooperate with instructions from Brooks and Officer Kehl, which led...
View ArticleHammarquist v. United Cont’l Holdings, Inc.
After its 2010 merger with Continental Airlines, United Airlines made changes to its frequent‐flier rewards program. In 2014, a member of United’s MileagePlus rewards program claimed that United...
View ArticleDawkins v. United States
Dawkins pleaded guilty to armed robbery of a bank and was sentenced, as a career offender, to serve 262 months in prison. He challenged the sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2244(b) and 2255(h), citing the 2015...
View ArticleChen v. Lynch
Chen was born in China, in 1976. In 2004, Chen married Feng and they had a daughter. In 2005, the Chinese government appropriated Chen’s farmland, to build an industrial park. Chen was allowed to keep...
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