7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of America v. Mario Arita-Campos
09-2368
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division, Chief Judge Philip P. Simon.
Criminal. Denies motion to dismiss Arita-Campos’ 2005 indictment of re-entry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. Section 1326(a).
Indiana Legal Services Migrant Farm Workers Center, led by Melody Goldberg, helps migrant workers understand their legal rights.
A July 2009 law put more strength behind local prosecutors and state regulators who can now more diligently pursue
illegal animal activity of puppy mills who don’t pay taxes.
After more than a decade on the Indiana Supreme Court, Justice Theodore Boehm is ready to enter the next stage of his life
and career.
At least two attorneys are questioning how some legal publications have included articles, columns, or other types of coverage on pending cases, and they worry that these articles may influence the judges on the cases.
There’s an old joke in the legal profession that attorneys never retire.So the Indiana State Bar Association and Indiana
Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program have partnered to present three conferences
in late August about retirement preparation.
Anyone who wants to be the next Indiana Supreme Court justice has until the end of June to apply for upcoming vacancy on the state’s highest court.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Nathan Brittain v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A04-0912-CR-688
Criminal. Affirms Brittain’s convictions of two counts of Class C felony child molesting, and two counts of Class B
felony attempted child molesting; and affirms aggregate sentence of 10 years executed.
The Indiana Court Improvement Program has announced it will be giving away up to $290,000 in grants to programs that help
families and children involved in cases of neglect or abuse.
A third of the Indiana Court of Appeals judges face voter retention this year, including two initially appointed within the past three years to fill vacancies on the state’s second highest court. With a month and a half before the filing deadline, one of the applicants says that all five appellate judges submitted their retention […]
In a rare move that may be used in only one other jurisdiction nationally, Judge David F. Hamilton on the 7th Circuit Court
of Appeals in Chicago plans to relocate his chambers from the Indianapolis courthouse where he’s from to the Indiana
University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington.
For doing pro bono work and for promoting pro bono work among others in the legal community, an Indianapolis attorney has
learned she will receive a national award at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco in August.
Anyone who wants to be the next Indiana Supreme Court justice has until the end of this month to apply.
Indiana counties are responsible to pay a portion of costs to operate juvenile detention facilities.
Budget statute affected juvenile codes and gives the Department of Child Services oversight of judicial decision-making.
The Indiana chief justice said in an order that he would “smack down” judicial overreaching or overspending.
National, local experts meet in Indiana to discuss juvenile justice.
A last-minute change to a bill during the 2009 special session has stripped judges of their discretion regarding juvenile
placements out of state by requiring them to get permission from the Department of Child Services. All three branches
are reacting.
Detention alternatives, Initial Hearing Court draw national praise.
Two Elkhart County teens say it took incarceration to teach them a lesson.