American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana
Suit claims marriage statute unconstitutional
May 10, 2012
IL StaffA secular group and three of its members are suing the Marion County prosecutor and clerk, claiming an Indiana statute is
unconstitutional because it says that religions are the only groups with rights to have their beliefs recognized in marriage
ceremonies.
MoreTeens sue school after expulsion for online death threats
April 26, 2012
IL StaffThe three teenage girls who were expelled from school because of their after-school online activity filed a lawsuit Wednesday
in federal court against the northern Indiana school district. The teens claim the death threats they made on Facebook were
made jokingly and their First Amendment rights are being violated.
MoreACLU of Indiana seeks board members
April 13, 2012
IL StaffThe ACLU of Indiana is now accepting nominations for its board of directors. Board members must be members of the organization.
MoreACLU appoints interim director
April 9, 2012
IL StaffThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has named longtime board member Frank Young as interim executive director.
MoreFirst Wednesday event to discuss environment
April 3, 2012
IL StaffThe ACLU of Indiana and NUVO managing editor Jim Poyser will lead a panel discussion, “Environmental Justice: Whose
air/food/water is it, anyway?” at its First Wednesday event April 4.
MoreStudent sues over 'I (heart) BOOBIES' bracelet
February 6, 2012
IL StaffThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a northern Indiana middle school student who
believed he would be expelled if he didn’t cover up his bracelet that said “I (heart) BOOBIES.”
MoreACLU of Indiana's First Wednesday to discuss homelessness
January 26, 2012
IL StaffThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana will tackle the issue of homelessness at its First Wednesday discussion Feb.
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MoreHolmes to retire from ACLU of Indiana
January 19, 2012
IL StaffGilbert L. Holmes, who has led the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana for nearly three years, will retire March 31.
MoreACLU says DOC should be held in contempt over kosher meals
December 23, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is asking a federal judge to hold the state’s Department of Correction
in contempt for not offering inmates kosher meals as it had been ordered to do a year ago.
More7th Circuit hears Planned Parenthood, JLAP appeals
October 21, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals heard two arguments in Indiana cases Oct. 20, one about how the state’s Medicaid money
goes to Planned Parenthood and a second suit involving a man who claims he was discriminated against by being referred to
the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program when applying to take the Indiana bar exam.
MoreACLU raising funds to support outreach efforts
October 11, 2011
IL StaffThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has launched a three-year drive to raise funds for educating Indiana residents
about human and constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms and to lead the fight against violations of those rights.
MoreJudge: query goes too far
September 28, 2011
Michael HoskinsRuling strikes down one Indiana bar exam application question.
MoreFederal judge: 1 bar exam application question goes too far
September 21, 2011
Michael HoskinsA federal judge has found that one of the Indiana bar exam application questions violates the Americans with Disabilities
Act because it infringes on potential lawyers’ privacy rights.
MoreFirst Wednesday to discuss bullying
September 6, 2011
IL StaffThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana’s First Wednesday discussion panel on Sept. 7 will tackle the issue of
bullying.
MoreJudge hears arguments on bar exam application suit
August 25, 2011
Michael HoskinsHow far the Indiana Board of Law Examiners can go in asking potential lawyers about their mental-health history was the subject
of a federal court hearing Wednesday, where attorneys explored the scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act and what might
be reasonable in determining someone’s potential fitness to practice law.
MoreFirst Wednesday event to discuss use of force by police
August 1, 2011
IL StaffThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana’s First Wednesday discussion on Aug. 3 is “POLICE: Use of Force
– Crossing the Threshold.”
MoreGroups file suits against new law
June 8, 2011
Jenny MontgomeryThe National Immigration Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, and the national ACLU Foundation Immigrants’
Rights Project filed a class action lawsuit May 25 challenging the wording of a new Indiana law designed to curb illegal immigration.
MoreFirst Wednesdays return with immigration discussion
February 28, 2011
IL StaffThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana’s First Wednesday discussion series has returned. It kicks off March 2
with the panel discussion “Immigration: The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly.”
MoreArguments set in Medicaid appeal
January 19, 2011
Rebecca BerfangerIn a case that involves whether Medicaid applicants who were rejected can include information that was not in their initial
applications when they appeal, the Indiana Supreme Court has set oral arguments for March 3 at 9 a.m.
MoreBLE suit moves forward
January 6, 2011
Michael HoskinsEven as the Indiana Board of Law Examiners searches for a new leader, a federal lawsuit remains pending against the state
agency’s questions to prospective lawyers about their mental and emotional health.
MoreMedicaid applicants facing 'tremendous hurdles'?
September 29, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerWhen filing a claim for Medicaid disability benefits, the process sounds straightforward: Complete an application that includes
all disabilities that would make the case that you deserve the benefits. If your application is deemed sufficient by a Medicaid
Medical Review Team, you get the benefits. If not, you receive a one- or two-page letter that includes information about how
you can appeal.
MoreACLU conference, dinner open to all
September 29, 2010
The Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis will host the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana Student
Conference that will focus on issues faced by students at the high school, college, and law school levels.
MoreACLU of Indiana's dinner to honor organization’s founder
September 21, 2010
IL StaffThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana’s annual dinner this year will honor Irving Fink, an attorney who helped
found the organization and Indiana Legal Services.
MoreJudge nixes non-attorney’s attempt to join class action
September 7, 2010
Michael HoskinsA federal judge says that a non-attorney who wants to work for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana or as a local
public defender can’t join an already-pending class-action lawsuit that challenges the state’s Board of Law Examiners
and its questions about applicants’ mental health history.
MoreNational ACLU exhibit makes debut in Indianapolis
September 2, 2010
IL StaffA traveling exhibit celebrating the American Civil Liberties Union’s 90th anniversary will be unveiled in Indianapolis
Friday.
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G. Michael Witte letter states he's suspended for three years. The case that got him suspended is identical to my estate case, including havin the Late Judge Deiter recuse himself because Newman had a conflict of interest with the judge. His Modus Operandi is nearly identical.
SIGNED BY G. MICHAEL WITTE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY INDIANA SUPREME COURT DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DATED MAY 17, 2012.
Your 6th complaint against Lawrence T. Newman filed on 4/12/2012. On 1/31/12, the Indiana Supreme Court entered an order suspending Lawrence T. Newman’s law license for a period of three years. More important, even after three years, Lawrence Todd Newman will not get his license back unless and until he goes through a separate proceeding to prove that he is fit to practice law. This is not an easy process, and the burden is upon Lawrence T. Newman to prove by clear and convincing evidence that he is fit to return to practice.
Because of the length of Lawrence T. Newman’s license suspension and the fact he may never succeed in getting his law license reinstated, we are not opening an investigation file at this time.
Should Lawrence T. Newman seek reinstatement in the future, we will open your file and ask Lawrence T. Newman to address your grievance as part of his burden of proving fitness. We have attempted to notify Lawrence T. Newman that this will be required of him.
It may disappoint you to hear that we will be doing nothing on your grievance at this time. However, the most our office can ever accomplish is to take away a lawyer’s license to practice law. We have already done that, albeit as a result of misconduct in cases other than your own. It makes better sense for our office to focus its limited resources on cases where the lawyers are still actively practicing law.
Is there any justice in the Marion County Superior Court Civil Division? I am the unfortunate victim of a retaliatory lawsuit brought by Lawrence Todd Newman, the attorney from an estate case on which I worked as a unsupervised personal representative in 2006. The contract agreement for that case stated that the estate would be responsible for all attorney fees, but Newman refused to close the nearly insolvent estate when my duties were complete and his fees were paid. Instead, he tried to extort additional attorney fees from me by keeping the case open to address a wrongful death claim, despite the estate’s heir’s lack of interest in pursuing it and an expert doctor’s opinion that it would not be worth doing so. He also knowingly deceived me into believing that a “closing statement” was needed to close the estate, even though this requirement had actually been waived by the estate’s heir. The heir’s attorney filed a motion to have Newman removed from the case. After the court closed the probate case with prejudice (barred from further litigation) Newman illegally re-opened the case in another courtroom.
As a result of complaints filed against him for these and similar actions, Newman has been suspended from practicing law for 18 months by the Indiana Disciplinary Commission. In retaliation, he has filed suit against me demanding additional attorney fees for the 2006 estate case, despite the fact that I made no agreement stating that I would pay any fees from my own assets on behalf of the estate. This lawsuit violates the rules of ethics, due process of law, and equal protection of law. Newman has been allowed to file ridiculous pleadings at an alarming rate and has been supported by a biased court system. Judge Carroll refuses to recuse himself from the case despite the fact that, by his own admission, he intends to grant Newman sanctions regardless of the evidence. When my former counsel discovered that the previous judge on the case, Judge Sosin, was a long-time close friend of Newman’s family, Judge Carroll commented for the record during a hearing that Judge Sosin in so many words “he finds the door “was weak for recusing himself from the case as a result of this obvious conflict of interest.
This case is a public policy issue. Statutes put in place to protect unsupervised personal representatives in probate matters are being ignored. This case will affect thousands of individuals involved in probating and the personal representation of estates. Justice cannot possibly be served as long as a biased judge is allowed to defend a “vexatious litigant,” as Newman has been described by Judge Logan in Bradenton, Florida court. If there is any justice in the Marion County Superior Court Civil Division, this case against me will be dismissed with prejudice.
Every affront to decency and every style adopted by criminals is not per se a constituttional violation. Only fools believe or espouse that.
This was an unnecessary change in law, a needless fiddling with a tax that impacted very very few hoosiers, but one that erodes a tax base benefitting very many hoosiers. Just because some people wanted to chalk up a "tax cut" on their legislative brag-list, and didnt give a fig about replacing the revenue any other way. Really stupid. I am a republican my whole life and this just shames me like hell. I have to use a fake name over this because I know my fellow republicans are all brain washed over tax cutting too.