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News in Brief
Article • May 15, 2022 • from CLN June, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Connecticut: On Apr. 15, 2022, a Norwalk police officer of 10 years was arrested of assaulting a family member. WVIT, a news channel serving New Britain, reports that officer Jermaine Nash, 44, was arrested after a call was made to police in the mid-afternoon of the …
Seventh Circuit: Four-Year Delay in Filing Appeal Excused Habeas Exhaustion Requirement Because Any Further Attempts for Postconviction Remedies in State Court Would Have Been Futile
Article • May 1, 2022 • from CLN May, 2022
Filed under: Administrative Exhaustion, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction
Seventh Circuit: Four-Year Delay in Filing Appeal Excused Habeas Exhaustion Requirement Because Any Further Attempts for Postconviction Remedies in State Court Would Have Been Futile by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Waiting more than four years for a Wisconsin state court to hear a defendant’s appeal was “ineffective to protect …
Geofencing Warrants Are Putting Civil Rights and Free Speech in Jeopardy
Article • March 15, 2022 • from CLN April, 2022
Filed under: First Amendment, rights, Electronic Surveillance
Geofencing Warrants Are Putting Civil Rights and Free Speech in Jeopardy by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Hundreds of protestors marched in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in August 2020. Little did these protestors know that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms issued at least …
‘Possible Cause’ Is All That’s Needed for Geofence Warrants
Article • March 15, 2022 • from CLN April, 2022
Filed under: Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance
‘Possible Cause’ Is All That’s Needed for Geofence Warrants by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Thousands of protesters stormed the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, in response to yet another killing of a Black man. At the Kenosha Public Library, lighter fluid and rags were found in a window well. There …
Wisconsin Supreme Court Announces Incapacitated Driver Provision of Implied Consent Statute Unconstitutional
Article • November 15, 2021 • from CLN December, 2021
Filed under: Warrantless Searches, Blood Samples/Tests
Wisconsin Supreme Court Announces Incapacitated Driver Provision of Implied Consent Statute Unconstitutional by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Wisconsin affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals (“COA”) that had held the incapacitated driver provision of Wisconsin’s implied consent statute, Wis. Stat, § 343.305(3)(b), is unconstitutional …
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Officer’s Retention of Driver’s License Without Reasonable Suspicion to Delay Until Arrival of Drug Dog Constitutes Unlawful Seizure
Article • September 15, 2021 • from CLN October, 2021
Filed under: Traffic stop, Drug-Sniffing Dog, Unlawful Detention
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Officer’s Retention of Driver’s License Without Reasonable Suspicion to Delay Until Arrival of Drug Dog Constitutes Unlawful Seizure by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that an officer who retained a motorist’s driver’s license without any reasonable suspicion of criminal activity—for …
HRDC v. Lincoln Co, Sheriff Schneider, et. al, WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2021
Filing • July 19, 2021
Filed under: Complaints, PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC v. Lincoln Co, Sheriff Schneider, et. al, WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2021 Case: 3:21-cv-00453 Document #: 1 Filed: 07/19/21 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Case No.: 3:21-cv-00453 Plaintiff, v. JURY TRIAL DEMANDED …
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Department of Corrections Database on Sex Offenders Evaluated for Civil Commitment Discoverable in Civil Commitment Proceeding
Article • July 15, 2021 • from CLN August, 2021
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Department of Corrections Database on Sex Offenders Evaluated for Civil Commitment Discoverable in Civil Commitment Proceeding by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that a Wisconsin Department of Corrections (“DOC”) database of persons the DOC evaluated for civil commitment as a sexually …
County of Kenosha, WI, Distrcit Attorney Report on the Officer Involved Shooting of Jacob Blake, 2021
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Shootings
County of Kenosha, WI, Distrcit Attorney Report on the Officer Involved Shooting of Jacob Blake, 2021 COUNTY OF KENOSHA DISTRICT ATTORNEY Michael D. Graveley District Attorney Report on the Officer Involved Shooting of Jacob Blake Synopsis This document contains the factual and legal conclusions of the Kenosha County District Attorney’s …
Ballots for All - Ensuring Eligible Wisconsinites in Jail Have Equal Access to Voting, 2021
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Voting Rights
Ballots for All - Ensuring Eligible Wisconsinites in Jail Have Equal Access to Voting, 2021 ALL VOTING IS LOCAL LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN ACLU OF WISCONSIN Ballots for All: Ensuring Eligible Wisconsinites in Jail Have Equal Access to Voting Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 BACKGROUND 3 RESULTS FROM …
News in Brief
Article • May 15, 2021 • from CLN June, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: On March 12, 2021, federal prosecutors in California unsealed indictments against a pair of policemen accused of pocketing cash and drugs confiscated from suspects they pulled over in traffic stops. According to a report by Law & Crime, former Rohnert Park Police Department officers Brendon …
Seventh Circuit: Federal Habeas Relief for State Prisoner Due to Counsel’s Failure to Raise No-Causation Defense
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: Spisak Theory
Seventh Circuit: Federal Habeas Relief for State Prisoner Due to Counsel’s Failure to Raise No-Causation Defense by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the grant of federal habeas corpus relief to a state prisoner, finding that counsel was ineffective for failing …
Seventh Circuit Vacates Sentence Where District Court Improperly Imposed Leadership Enhancement
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Mitigating Role/Circumstances/Evidence, Distribution Enhancement
Seventh Circuit Vacates Sentence Where District Court Improperly Imposed Leadership Enhancement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated Fred McGee’s sentence because the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin improperly imposed a two-level leadership enhancement under Sentencing Guidelines …
Lieberman v. Portage County, WI, Judgment, Violation of Surveillance Act, 2021
Brief • March 12, 2021
Filed under: Electronic Surveillance
Lieberman v. Portage County, WI, Judgment, Violation of Surveillance Act, 2021 Case: 3:18-cv-00450-jdp Document #: 149 Filed: 03/12/21 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRJCT OF WISCONSIN BRETT LIEBERMAN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. PORTAGE COUNTY, MIKE …
News in Brief
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: The family of 40-year-old Ryan Whitaker, who was fatally shot in the back by a police officer investigating a noise complaint, settled in December 2020 with the city of Phoenix for $3 million by unanimous City Council vote. Whitaker was shot in the doorway of …
Seventh Circuit: Prisoner Has Right to Know Conditions of Supervised Release Prior to Being Released
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Filed under: Conditions of, Prisoners' Rights
Seventh Circuit: Prisoner Has Right to Know Conditions of Supervised Release Prior to Being Released by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that Jeremy Hogenkamp was entitled to know, before he was released from prison, what the terms and conditions of …
Athlete Settles Tasing Suit Against Milwaukee Police
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, Settlements, Constitutional Challenges/Law
Athlete Settles Tasing Suit Against Milwaukee Police by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A 2018 lawsuit by Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown filed against the city of Milwaukee alleging police used excessive force ended with a $750,000 settlement. Milwaukee city attorney Tearman Spencer and assistant city attorney Robin A. Pederson …
News in Brief
Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: A plan to shift the response to mental health crises away from police and into the hands of mental health professionals made strides in November 2020. The Assembly approved money to launch a mobile crisis intervention team. In Anchorage, it would operate at the fire …
Barnett v. Goldsmith, WI, Settlement, Retaliation-Beating, 2020
Brief • December 2, 2020
Filed under: Retaliation, Guard Brutality/Beatings
Barnett v. Goldsmith, WI, Settlement, Retaliation-Beating, 2020 MUTUAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Mutual Release and Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") is made among Kuan Barnett (Plaintiff), the State of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections ("DOC") and all current and former employees of those entities (collectively, "State"). WHEREAS, Plaintiff challenges actions …
Seventh Circuit: Solo Masturbation Near Fully Clothed and Sleeping Child Does Not Constitute Production of Child Pornography
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Filed under: Child Pornography
Seventh Circuit: Solo Masturbation Near Fully Clothed and Sleeping Child Does Not Constitute Production of Child Pornography by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso   The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) for production of child pornography cannot be sustained …
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