President Barack Obama nominated Myron M. Sutton, a former deputy sheriff in Newton County in 1998-2007, as United States
Marshal for the Northern District of Indiana.
Ruling on an issue of first impression, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals today extended the logic of an eight-year-old case
to how criminal defendants challenge their supervised release and revocation penalties and what must be discussed in attorney
withdraw briefs on those issues.
The Hoosier legal community has its newest federal judge in the Northern District of Indiana, and now two others up for judgeships
in the state’s Southern District await their votes before the full U.S. Senate
The U.S. Senate today confirmed the nomination of Jon E. DeGuilio for a judgeship on the U.S. District Court, Northern District
of Indiana, according to Sen. Evan Bayh's office in Washington, D.C.
A federal judge in Fort Wayne is deciding whether the state's judicial conduct code should be able to restrict judicial candidates from answering surveys about views on issues they might someday hear in court.