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Indiana Court of Appeals
M.M. v. L.P.
23A-PO-2089
Protection order. Affirms the Clinton Circuit Court’s grant of a protection order against M.M. to protect his ex-wife, L.P. Finds that transfer to the special judge was not required and, even if the trial court should have granted the transfer, any error in this case was harmless. Also finds the trial court did not err when it denied the father’s request to transfer the matter to the special judge in the dissolution matter. Judge Leanna Weissmann dissents with separate opinion.

7^th Circuit Court of Appeals
Geft Outdoor, LLC v. City of Evansville, Indiana
Civil. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Evansville Division. Judge James Sweeney. Affirms the district court’s dismissal of  Geft Outdoor’s  complaint against the City of Evansville that challenged the way the city’s ordinance handles permits and allows exceptions to (variances from) the height, spacing, and placement rules for off-premises signs. Finds that by focusing on its quest for a variance, GEFT disqualified itself from making a facial challenge. Also finds GEFT’s problem is not the lack of standing but the fact that it waged a facial challenge when it should have tried an as-applied challenge. Finally, finds the district court’s judgment is modified to make clear that GEFT loses on the merits rather than for lack of standing.

7^th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of America v. Christopher Truett
22-1349
Criminal. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge James Hanlon. Affirms the district court’s decision to not hold a competency hearing for Christopher Truett and the court’s sentencing guidelines calculation for Truett’s drug conspiracy conviction. Finds that because the condition of Truett’s supervised release included only in the written judgment is a mandatory condition, the court declines to vacate that condition. Also finds that the district court did not abuse its discretion in not ordering a competency hearing sua sponte at the change-of-plea hearing.