Mindy Armstrong was employed by The Arcanum Group, Inc., which serves as a placement agency to staff federal-government positions. She was placed with the Real Estate Leasing Services Department of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). After she complained that BLM employees were falsifying lease-related records, the BLM
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demanded that Arcanum remove her from the placement. Her Arcanum sup... More...   $0 (07-30-2018 - CO)

Plaintiff Marcia Eisenhour worked for 24 years as a court administrator for the Weber County Justice Court. In 2008, when her supervisor was Judge Craig Storey, the only judge of that court, she complained to the county attorney about sexual harassment by Storey. The matter was referred to Utah’s Judicial Conduct Commission, which found no misconduct. Eisenhour then went public in 2009, and the pr... More...   $0 (07-30-2018 - UT)

On May 20, 2015, the complainant made an outcry against White, and authorities initiated an investigation. On July 23, 2015, Detective William Scogins arrested White during a meeting
with his parole officer pursuant to a warrant. Thereafter, Detective Scogins interviewed White at
the police department. The interview was recorded using both audio and visual recording
equipment.
... More...   $0 (07-29-2018 - TX)

Petitioner Abelino Manriquez filed an original habeas corpus petition in
this court seeking relief from his multiple murder convictions and death sentence.
We issued an order to show cause with respect to petitioner’s claim that
prejudicial juror misconduct occurred when a juror did not timely disclose a
history of childhood abuse.
After an evidentiary hearing, the referee foun... More...   $0 (07-29-2018 - CA)

On August 22, 2014, Kari Karst, as renter, and Tia Blehm, as landlord and sole owner of B&B Properties, LLC (Blehm), signed a one-year lease for an apartment in
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Russell. The specific lease term began "on August 22, 2014 at 1:00 PM and end[ed] on August 22, 2015 at 8:00 AM." In compliance with the lease terms, Karst paid a security deposit of $325 and a pet deposit of $325—a total... More...   $0 (07-28-2018 - KS)

Jeannie “Anna” Sandoval was raised by George Ortiz (Victim), her adoptive
14 mother’s boyfriend. In 2012, Sandoval and her boyfriend, Defendant, were living
15 with Victim. According to Sandoval’s testimony at trial, Victim was often angry and
16 would fight with her. The tension between Sandoval and Victim would escalate when
17 they were drinking alcohol, and although the anger w... More...   $0 (07-27-2018 - NM)

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is charged with providing secure and reliable delivery of the mails to “bind the Nation together” through the “correspondence of the people.” 39 U.S.C. § 101. Robertson worked as a USPS letter carrier assigned to the USPS Arcadia Station in Phoenix, Arizona. This case began when the USPS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) began receiving complaints from c... More...   $0 (07-27-2018 - AZ)

Lambus and Fuller are accused of being leaders and organizers of a
16 group of individuals that referred to itself as the Paper Chasing Goons or POV City
1 and was a drug trafficking organization (or the "DTO"). Beginning in 2015, Lambus
2 and Fuller, along with 10 others, were indicted principally on charges of conspiring
3 to distribute and possess with intent to distribute hero... More...   $0 (07-27-2018 - NY)

Morris Zukerman is the founder of M.E. Zukerman & Co., an investment  management firm also known as “MEZCO.” In 2007, a MEZCO subsidiary sold  certain assets for $110 million, at which time Zukerman enacted a scheme to  avoid paying taxes on the proceeds of that sale, as well as on approximately $12  million of operating income MEZCO received as a result of its earlier ownership  of those assets. ... More...   $0 (07-27-2018 - ME)

On the night of January 25, 2015, in Jackson, Mississippi, Marcus Ware testified that
he received a call from Brown asking to buy drugs. Ware told Brown to come to his
apartment and purchase the drugs from Wise. Brown came to the apartment, bought ecstasy
pills and marijuana from Wise, and then left the apartment. Later, Brown called Ware
complaining that the pills were not effe... More...   $0 (07-27-2018 - MS)

The allegations in this case are troubling,
to say the least. The appellant, Jane Doe, claims that she
was sexually assaulted by a security guard at her middle
school while she was in eighth grade. Seeking redress, she
 Of the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.
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filed suit against the Madison Metropolitan School District
un... More...   $0 (07-26-2018 - WI)

Sanders first argues the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions. “A motion
for [a JNOV] implicates the sufficiency of the evidence.” Lenoir v. State, 224 So. 3d 85, 90
(¶18) (Miss. 2017). When reviewing a case for sufficiency of the evidence, “[t]his Court
considers each element of the offense and reviews all of the evidence in the light most
favorable to the verdic... More...   $0 (07-26-2018 - MS)

In 2014, William McDonagh was convicted on two indictments charging aggravated statutory rape, in violation of 2 G. L. c. 265, § 23A, and three indictments charging indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13B, arising out of instances of sexual abuse the defendant committed against his minor son. At issue in this appeal is whe... More...   $0 (07-26-2018 - MA)

Relator Jeffrey Berkowitz filed a qui tam complaint against nine separate defendants, alleg-ing violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C.
* Of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, sitting by designation.
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§ 3730. The defendants moved to dismiss Berkowitz’ third amended complaint for failure to state a claim. The district court granted the defendants’ motions and di... More...   $0 (07-25-2018 - IL)

On April 9, 2017, the Muskingum County Grand Jury indicted appellant on
one count of possession of drugs (methamphetamines) in violation of R.C. 2925.11(A), a
felony of the first degree. The count was accompanied by forfeiture and major drug
offender specifications. Appellant also was indicted on one count of trafficking in drugs
(methamphetamines) in violation of R.C. 2925.03(... More...   $0 (07-25-2018 - OH)

Ladonna Gist worked as the morning desk clerk and manager at a motel in Dallas.
Appellant lived in a room at that motel, was friendly to Gist, and sold drugs to her and others in
the motel. Motel personnel and those purchasing drugs from appellant know him as “Cesar.”

In the early hours of July 31, 2015, Brenda Leatherwood, a motel guest, woke up to a loud
“pounding no... More...   $0 (07-23-2018 - TX)

As set out above, Williams was charged with assault family violence for allegedly
strangling Lee, and Williams asserts on appeal that there were various errors in the jury charge.
After several witnesses testified during the trial, including Lee, the jury charge was given to the jury.
The charge contains definitions for terms used in the charge, including the term “bodily injury,” sets... More...   $0 (07-23-2018 - TX)

On February 27, 2013, Brown was arrested and charged with one count each of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute, possession of marijuana, and failure to maintain a single lane. During a search incident to the arrest, an officer found 48 small heroin-filled balloons in Brown's coat.

Before trial, the State submitted a list of proposed jury instructions, which the parties d... More...   $0 (07-22-2018 - KS)

Kevin Matthews was driving in Independence, at around 10 p.m. on December 18, 2014. As he crossed a bridge, Matthews noticed Wood's vehicle stopped on the side of the road. Matthews remarked that this was "a bad place to park" because it was right off the bridge with steep ditches and a narrow shoulder.

About 10 minutes later, when Matthews was traveling in the other direction, he saw W... More...   $0 (07-22-2018 - KS)

A jury found Patricia Yvonne Diggs guilty of conspiring to commit bank fraud in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349 (2012). Diggs and her husband, Brian Diggs, conspired to
defraud certain financial institutions through material false statements and omissions
related to vehicle purchase loans. Diggs raises two issues in this appeal, both of which
relate to the Government’s evidence... More...   $0 (07-22-2018 - MD)

In November 2013, Jane Doe
("Doe"), then a freshman at Providence College, was sexually
assaulted by three students of Brown University ("Brown") on
Brown's campus. After Doe reported the assault to the local
authorities in the City of Providence, Brown notified Doe that it
would conduct an inquiry to determine whether the students had
violated Brown's Code of Student Condu... More...   $0 (07-22-2018 - RI)

On the night of January 26, 2015, Jasmine Brown, Eddie Briggs, and Shondra Gardner
were living at the Emerald Pines Apartments. After running errands, Jasmine and Shondra
returned to their apartment. Some time that evening, Harvey arrived at the apartment and all
three began drinking, smoking spice,2 and using cocaine. Dexter Washington arrived at some
point after Harvey, but Jasmi... More...   $0 (07-21-2018 - MS)

In the summer of 2015, appellant and his girlfriend, Linda Buckner, were the
next-door neighbors of Patsy Hudson, who lived alone at 284 Spring Street in Mansfield,
Ohio. Hudson, then in her early sixties and on disability, was known to rescue and take
care of a large number of cats in or around her house. Her adult son, Lonnie Clevenger,
drove trucks for a living, but he peri... More...   $0 (07-20-2018 - OH)

This case involves an encounter between law enforcement and a
schizophrenic individual suffering a psychotic episode. Officers from the
Wagoner County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call from Gary Clark’s
brother, who was having troubling restraining him. The Sheriff’s Department, in
turn, requested help from the neighboring Broken Arrow Police Department. The
Broken Arrow... More...   $0 (07-19-2018 - OK)

Lecia L. Shorter appeals the district court’s partial grant of summary judgment in favor of the County of Los Angeles, Leroy Baca, Jacqueline Ortiz, and Alejandra Avalos (the County or County Defendants) on her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 inadequate medical care claim, and the denial of Shorter’s motion for a new trial on her § 1983 claim based on her classification as mentally ill, her conditions of confine... More...   $0 (07-19-2018 - CA)