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Rulings Dealing With an Immigration Case and a Defendant's Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea
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The Seventh Circuit decided an immigration case and a criminal case involving a defendant convicted of distributing crack cocaine. In Gonzalez-Balderas v....
Decision in Police Chief's Disability Discrimination Action Based on His Alcoholism
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In Budde v. Kane County Forest Pres., No. 09-2040, the Seventh Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's grant of summary judgment against a police...
Rulings on Attorney-Client Privilege Not Appealable as Collateral Orders
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In In re: Whirlpool Corp., No. 09-3777, the Seventh Circuit dealt with both an appeal and a petition for a writ of mandamus challenging district court's...
Ruling Against Plaintiff in Bivens Suit
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In Williams v. Fleming, No. 09-2410, the Seventh Circuit dealt with plaintiff's claim against a bank, the US, and an associate examiner with the FDIC brought...
Ruling in Civil Rights Suit Involving a Suicide in Jail
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In Minix v. Canarecci, No. 09-2001, the court decided a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against prison officials by a mother claiming her son died as a result of...
Rulings in Criminal Cases Involving Fourth Amendment, Asset Forfeiture, and Sentencing Issues
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The Fourth District decided three criminal case matters today involving a Fourth Amendment claim, a defendant's claim that a magistrate judge erred in granting...
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