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Emlployment and Criminal Matters, Plus Section 8 Due Process Claims
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In Kodish v. Oakbrook Terrace Fire Prot. Dist., No. 08-1976, , the Seventh Circuit dealt with a former firefighter's suit alleging violation of his due process...
Decision in a Teen's Civil Rights Suit Against a Village for Molestation by Fire Chief
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Wragg v. Village of Thornton, No. 08-3766, concerned a sixteen-year-old's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a village and individual defendants,...
Nursing Home Civil Penalty, Plus Criminal and Property Matters
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In US v. England, No. 09-2500, the Seventh Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's imposition of a 210-month sentence, in defendant's third...
Inmate's Section 1983 Suit Claiming a Failure to Refer to Dentist, Plus Criminal Matter
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In Berry v. Peterman, No. 09-3557, the Seventh Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants in an...
Sentences Upheld in Criminal Matters, Plus an Immigration Case
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In US v. DeLeon, No. 07-3941, the Seventh Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's imposition of a within-Guidelines sentence of 104 months upon a...
Jury Verdict in Inmate Death Case Upheld, Plus Other Civil Rights, Immigration and Criminal Matters
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In Estrada v. Holder, No. 08-1226, the Seventh Circuit dealt with a petition for review, BIA's affirmance of IJ's refusal to examine a Mexican citizen's...
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