Indiana Education Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Katie M. Tristan </h2> </CENTER>
Hammond, Indiana, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Katie M. Tristan, age 41, of Clear Lake, Indiana used her leadership positions in the parent-teacher organizations (PTOs) at two Cedar Lake elementary schools to embezzle... More...
$ (05-28-2026 - IN)Kayla D. Hojem v. Klipsch Senior Care, LLC, d/b/a Home Instead
Terre Haute, Indiana, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guarantees most U.S. workers a federal minimum wage (currently $7.25 per hour) and overtime pay of at least time-and-a-half for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. It also sets standards for child labor, prohibits certain employers f... More...
$ (02-05-2026 - IN)United States of America v. Earl Miller
South Bend, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and securities fraud.<br> <br> In 2009, Miller was hired by a childhood friend, Matthew <br> Gingerich, to raise money for Gingerich's real estate invest<br> ment firm, 5 Star Investments. 5 Star raised capital to finance <br> the rehabilitation of properties, mostly in Northern Indiana <br> where the com... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - IN)<h1> United States of America v. Christina Moles, a/k/a Tina Lashley </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and aiding and assisting the making of a false federal income tax return. Moles has also been ordered to pay $567,010 in restitution. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Muncie Area Tax Preparer Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Pr... More...
$0 (05-01-2025 - in)In the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of: H.B. and L.B. (Minor Children)
Indeianapolis, Indiana family law lawyer represented parents in a parental rights termination case.<br> <br> <br> [¶2] Mother and Father (collectively, Parents) are the married parents of sons, H.B., born February 2, 2019, and L.B., born December 18, 2020 (collectively, Children). Mother also has three adult children over the age of twenty.<br> <br> [¶3] When H.B. was only a few months old, Fat... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - IN)A.C. v. Metropolitan School District of Martinsville and Fred Kutruff
Indianapolis, Indiana civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants claiming that their constitutional rights were being violated.<br> <br> A.C., B.E., and S.E. are three boys with a simple request: they want to use the boys' bathrooms<br> at their schools. But because the three boys are transgender, the districts said no. The boys sued the districts and the school principals... More...
$0 (08-02-2023 - IN)A.A. v. Warsaw Community School Corporation
South Bend, Indiana civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Equal Protection and Title VI theories.<br> <br> Kasha Harris filed suit on behalf of her daughter, A.A., a high school student who was asked to go to the back of the school bus line after repeatedly cutting the line the same week. Ms. Harris alleges the actions of the school bus driver were motivated by racial an... More...
$0 (06-07-2023 - IN)Elizabeth Roetter v. Michael P. Roetter, Jr.
Danville, Indiana family law lawyers represent parties in a divorce action involving the division of martial property.<br> <br> Elizabeth Roetter (Wife) and Michael Roetter (Husband) married in<br> May 2014 with no prenuptial agreement. Husband's premarital assets<br> included an individual retirement account (IRA) valued at just over<br> $82,000; a 401K account valued at $383,000; and two life-in... More...
$0 (03-10-2022 - IN)Chad Burton v. Keesha (Burton) Richardville
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red"> Indianapolis, IN - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with appealing from an order denying his motion for modification of child custody. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Mother and Father have one minor child, M.B., who was born in May 2007. <br> The parties' marriage was dissolved by decree in May 2010. The dissolution <br> ... More...
$0 (05-05-2022 - IN)Joy Adebola Adewopo v. Cheedy Thomas Jaja
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Indianapolis, IN - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with appealing the division of marital estates. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Wife and Husband were married on June 20, 2008. While there were no <br> children born of the marriage, Husband adopted Wife's biological daughter <br> (Daughter). Daughter is now emancipated and i... More...
$0 (02-01-2022 - IN)Tammy J Young v. Chad A Young
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Indianapolis, IN - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant appealing an educational support obligation order. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Mother and Father are the parents of T.Y. In June 2011, the dissolution court <br> dissolved Mother and Father's marriage. Thereafter, in May 2015, Mother and <br> Father entered into an agreed ... More...
$0 (01-31-2022 - IN)Kyle D. Schneider v. State of Indiana
<h2><font color="green"> Jasper, IN - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Kyle Schneider charged with <i>murder.</h2></font></b></i><br> <br> <br> [3] The facts most favorable to the verdict reveal that in January 2019, twentyseven-year-old Schneider lived with Chloie Lubbehusen (“Lubbehusen”) in<br> Lubbehusen’s trailer in rural southern Indiana. Lubbehusen and Schneider had<br> ... More...
$0 (10-20-2020 - IN)Jeffrey Sparks v. State of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN - dealing in a narcotic drug<br> <br> <center><img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MoreLaw_Suites_Petro.jpg"><br> <P> <h1><a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Suites</a><br> 601 South Boulder, Suite 600 <br> 855-853-4800</h1></center><br> <br> <br> On February 27, 2015, the State charged Sparks with two counts of Level 4<... More...
$0 (09-19-2020 - IN)Joanna Marie Allis-Rucker v. State of Indiana
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/05/08/PLAI/c1ce1f11-d0fe-4f7f-8548-72ed34de8104-Allis-Rucker_Joanna.JPG?crop=450,599,x0,y0&quality=50&width=640"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> [2] On May 3, 2019, Allis-Rucker possessed, with the intent to deliver,<br> met... More...
$0 (08-25-2020 - IN)Brad Davis v. State of Indiana
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvmKnLO3RGcIcd5SScmOmPBe9GPaJVHt7mDzyckhiwuA&s"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> On July 31, 2019, Davis, by counsel, filed a motion requesting the trial court to<br> order the DOC to prepare a conduct report in anticipation of... More...
$0 (06-19-2020 - IN)In the Matter of J.C. and J.M. (Children Alleged to be in Need of Services) and M.M. (Mother); M.M. (Mother) v. The Indiana Department of Child Services
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation concerning appealing a custody ruling in Indiana?<br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> Mother is the biological mother of J.C., born April 15, 2005;1 N.H., born <br> August 12, 2009;2 and J.M., born February 25, 20143 (collectively, “Children”). <br> On Novem... More...
$0 (01-28-2020 - IN)Reese Levi Keith v. State of Indiana
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/08/07/PIND/5022d924-271b-488c-aa4f-3a61ec49c3e0-Reese_Keith.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> On May 14, 2017, following an automobile accident that occurred when he was <br> intoxicated on methamphetamine, Keith was arrested and admitted for <br> treatment at Johnson Memorial Hospita... More...
$0 (06-24-2019 - IN)Kenneth Lamar Scott v. State of Indiana
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$0 (06-24-2019 - IN)Lionel Ray Mackey, Jr. v. State of Indiana
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/KEZaw9udY8FZZp_CzQr7DmDFBTR0Jr7EYDmPEpxgag1JeuTlw4UgPXUOFRRHL89UxXNeSbw=s151"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Lionel Mackey and Margie Harvey6 were in a relationship from late July 2016 <br> until November 5, 2016, when Harvey ended their relationship due to Mackey’s <br> controlling manner.... More...
$0 (05-27-2019 - IN)L.D.R. v. Commissioners, Social Security Administration
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://inn.fd.org/sites/inn.fd.org/files/office_images/SB-court-22.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> A mother contests the decision that her minor son (whom we refer to as L.D.R.) did not qual-ify for social security disability benefits until second grade. She also seeks retroactive payments for the first year of L.D.R.’s life, before she applied for assistance, cha... More...
$0 (04-15-2019 - IN)D'Angelo A. Honorable v. State of Indiana
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/goshennews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/9c/e9c02d90-5a21-5e7e-8eea-0bc07049c641/5b6ba772a62cd.image.jpg?resize=800%2C600"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> In November of 2016, Breanna Humphries lived with her mother Teketa <br> Hixson and several others in a house at... More...
$0 (04-13-2019 - IN)Ronnie L. Winsted, Jr. v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.insd.uscourts.gov/sites/insd/files/terre_haute.png"><br> </center><br> Ronnie Winsted applied for disability<br> insurance benefits and supplemental security income<br> claiming disability based on numerous conditions, including<br> degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, and anxiety. An<br> administrative law judge denied benefits, finding that Wi... More...
$0 (02-12-2019 - IN)Thomas Virgil Messner v. Dawn Marie Messner
<center><br> <h2><center><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28529&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">MoreLaw Suites Virtual Offices</a><br> Office from Home and Make More Money<br> 918-582-3993</a><br> </h2></center><br> Mother and Father have two children born of their marriage, Ri... More...
$0 (01-28-2019 - IN)Jermaine Thornton v. State of Indiana
<center><br> <img width="300" src=" http://www.wbiw.com/local/assets_c/2017/04/thorn-thumb-250xauto-9827.jpg "><br> <h2> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> In December 2016, Thornton was living with his girlfriend, Misty Daniels <br> (“Daniels”). Thornton had dated Daniels for seven years, and they had a child <br> together. Between December 10 and 18, 2016, Thornton hit Daniels multiple <br> ... More...
$0 (09-27-2018 - IN)Tanner Cripe v. State of Indiana <table> <td>
On July 16, 2016, a private home security camera recorded Cripe walking from <br> his garage to a neighboring structure in Kendallville owned by Thomas Taner. <br> Cripe entered the structure through an unlocked door and took several items, <br> including a drill, drill bits, flashlight, GPS unit, gloves, and a ratchet set. He <br> then returned to his own garage. The same camera later recorded... More...
$0 (09-10-2018 - IN)Ray K. Haynes v. Indiana University
Ray Haynes was employed as an as-sistant professor in the Department of Education at Indiana University. At the end of his six-year probationary contract, he lost his bid for tenure. Haynes, who is black, alleges that the University denied his tenure application because of his race in violation of federal law. The district judge entered summary judgment for the University and we affirm. The judge�... More...
$0 (09-07-2018 - IN)Leta Penrod v. Nancy A. Berryhill (Commissioner, Social Security Administration)
Leta Penrod brings this appeal on behalf of<br> her deceased husband, Tod Penrod, who before his death applied<br> for disability insurance benefits based on various impairments,<br> including arthritis, diabetes, and high blood pressure.<br> An administrative law judge determined that, despite<br> 2 No. 17‐2973<br> these impairments, Penrod retained the capacity to work<br> through his last... More...
$0 (08-17-2018 - IN)Alia Sierra v. State of Indiana <table> <td>
On the evening of July 12, 2017, seventeen-year-old Sierra was driving a vehicle with four teenage passengers. Sierra was travelling between 80 and 107 m.p.h. on a county road when she hit a bump and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle left the road and crashed through the front porch and living room of a home. The vehicle struck and killed two children who were in the living room and... More...
$0 (08-07-2018 - IN)Susan R. Spicher v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Susan Spicher suffers from a series<br> of chronic health problems, including osteoarthritis, degenerative<br> disc disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, fibromyalgia,<br> and morbid obesity. In 2010, Spicher applied for<br> Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits and Supple2<br> No. 17‐3399<br> mental Security Income dating back to 2003. An ALJ concluded<br> that Spicher had... More...
$0 (08-07-2018 - IN)Michael E. Wisehart v. State of Indiana <table> <td>
On September 1, 2009, the State charged Wisehart with eight counts of various drug-related offenses. Subsequently, Wisehart pleaded guilty to one count of dealing in methamphetamine, as a Class B felony; one count of possession of a controlled substance, as a Class D felony; and one count of possession of marijuana, as a Class D felony. The trial court accepted Wisehart’s guilty plea and ... More...
$0 (08-04-2018 - IN)Jeremy Fletchall v. State of Indiana <table> <td>
On August 23, 2013, the State charged Fletchall with three Counts of Class B <br> felony dealing in a narcotic drug and two Counts of Class B felony dealing in a <br> schedule II controlled substance in Cause No. 34D01-1308-FB-643 (FB-643). <br> One Count of Class B felony dealing in a schedule II controlled substance was <br> later dismissed. On January 7, 2015, while Fletchall was out on bond ... More...
$0 (07-18-2018 - IN)Anthony Kaminski v. Nancy A. Berryhill (Commissioner, Social Security Administration)
In 2000, Anthony Kaminski fell<br> down a flight of stairs, suffering a head wound that caused a<br> traumatic brain injury and a seizure disorder. Thirteen years<br> later, he applied under the Social Security Act for disability<br> insurance benefits and supplemental security income. The Social<br> Security Administration denied his applications, and the<br> district court upheld the denial. Kam... More...
$0 (07-17-2018 - IN)Peter Deppe v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
This case raises an antitrust chal-lenge to the NCAA’s1 “year in residence” rule, which re-quires student-athletes who transfer to a Division I college to<br> 1 National Collegiate Athletic Association.<br> 2 No. 17-1711<br> wait one full academic year before they can play for their new school. A Division I football player filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that the rule is an unlawful re... More...
$0 (06-27-2018 - IN)Kirk W. Stephens v. Nancy A. Berryhill
Kirk W. Stephens contends that<br> he is disabled by diabetes, kidney disease, knee and back<br>  Of the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.<br> 2 No. 16‐4003<br> pain, heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma, arthritis,<br> and obesity. He applied for and was denied Supplement Security<br> Income (“SSI”) benefits; on review the district court<br> reversed a... More...
$0 (04-26-2018 - IN)SHELLY M. PHIPPS V. STATE OF INDIANA <table> <td>
In 2008, a parishioner in a small Solsberry, Indiana church leveled accusations against the pastor, K.G. The parishioner, Defendant Shelly Phipps, alleged K.G. breached her confidence by revealing to other church members the personal, private information she divulged during counseling. She also alleged K.G. inappropriately hugged her on two occasions. Despite efforts from church leaders to remedy ... More...
$0 (03-27-2018 - IN)Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., et al. v. Concord Community Schools
Since ancient times, people have been<br> celebrating the winter solstice, which occurs around the third<br> week of December in the Northern Hemisphere. Many of<br> these celebrations are religious in nature, and so in the modern<br> United States they have led to a depressingly steady<br> stream of First Amendment challenges, in which one party<br> wishes to express its religious views in the pu... More...
$0 (03-27-2018 - IN)United states of America v. Ruben Mancillas
A jury convicted Ruben Mancillas of<br> two counts of possessing ammunition as a felon, in violation of<br> 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). On appeal, he raises two challenges to his<br> sentencing: (1) that he was denied the right to represent<br> himself at sentencing; and (2) that the district court applied the<br> wrong base offense level because the Indiana offense of<br> 2 No. 17-1254<br> strangulat... More...
$0 (01-27-2018 - IN)Joshua Givens v. State of Indiana <table> <td>
On January 24, 2017, the State charged Givens with Level 6 felony unlawful <br> possession of a syringe. An initial hearing took place that same day, during <br> which Givens told the trial court that he could read, write, and understand <br> English; that he completed school through the eleventh grade; that he was not <br> under the influence of drugs or alcohol; that he understood the charge ag... More...
$0 (01-13-2018 - IN)Lamarr Rondell Coleman v. State of Indiana <table> <td>
On the evening of August 2, 2016, Coleman and his friend, Paul Shipp, robbed <br> an Indianapolis liquor store. While Shipp beat the store clerk with his fists and <br> a wooden board, Coleman put money from the cash register and two bottles of <br> whiskey into a bag. Police arrived on the scene while the robbery was still in <br> progress, and Coleman and Shipp were both taken into custody. <b... More...
$0 (01-08-2018 - IN)Jefferson Mitchell Dean v. State of Indiana <table> <td>
In August 2015, eight-year-old A.C. told her babysitter that Dean, her <br> stepfather, had inappropriately touched her vaginal area. The babysitter told <br> A.C.’s father about the allegations, and he called the police. A.C.’s father also <br> took her to the hospital for an examination and to the CASIE Center in South <br> Bend for a forensic interview. <br> [5] Thereafter, on August 20, ... More...
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