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A man’s appeal of his expired temporary involuntary commitment order was not moot, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Thursday. However, the COA also affirmed a trial’s court judgment that granted a petition for the man’s commitment.
A federal magistrate judge has granted local defendants’ motion to stay discovery in a case involving noncitizen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Clay County Jail while a motion to dismiss is pending.
A Boone County judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a group of landowners against the city of Lebanon over the municipality’s decision to annex 5,200 acres of land and create a new zoning district for the LEAP Lebanon Innovation District.
A man charged with murder in the stabbing death of his Purdue University dormitory roommate has been found competent to stand trial, court records show.
While a federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, he declined to order an immediate end to the program.
A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former county clerk Kim Davis over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Four former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal civil rights charges in the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop nine months ago.
Batesville Casket Co. LLC has filed a lawsuit accusing a former employee of stealing trade secrets and confidential company information.
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to two cases last week, one involving a divorce dispute and another involving a juvenile’s commitment to the Department of Correction.
Two school districts facing a Title IX lawsuit brought by a student with disabilities who alleges she was sexually assaulted won summary judgment this week, but the federal judge may relinquish jurisdiction over the state-law claims.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Ajay Kumar v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
22A-CR-2848
Criminal. Affirms the denial of Ajay Kumar’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea to two counts of Level 6 felony sexual battery, and the denial of his motion to alter the terms of his probation. Finds the Marion Superior Court did not abuse its discretion in denying Kumar’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea because Kumar failed to observe a statutory requirement for a verified request. Also finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing Kumar’s request to be allowed to have unapproved trips out of the state. Finally, finds the prohibition on Kumar having contact with children under 16 years old is reasonable.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will speak at Notre Dame University this month as part of the school’s Notre Dame Forum.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been talking for months about accomplishing a potentially impossible task: passing bipartisan legislation within the next year that encourages the rapid development of artificial intelligence and mitigates its risks.
Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice said Tuesday at the opening of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he is directing the U.S. House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family’s business dealings, launching historic proceedings ahead of the 2024 election.
When the Indiana State Bar Association unveiled its new strategic plan in 2021, the group had four major areas of focus as it looked to deliver more value to its members. That plan will technically “end” in 2023, but its principles will have a lasting effect.
Senior Judge Thomas J. Felts recently sat down with IL for a wide-ranging conversation about his career and his plans for his year as Indiana State Bar Association president.
The idea of age-out requirements has become a bigger topic of discussion recently across all levels of government, including the judiciary.
When Vince Stanley and a group of inmates started a project to build a new table for the Indiana Supreme Court’s conference room, they had to figure out how to make it functional for the court’s five justices while adding unique details.
On Aug. 11, the Marion Superior Court Family Division, with the support of the IndyBar Family Law and ADR Sections, volunteer mediators, the Marion Superior Court Executive Committee, court administration and support staff hosted Mediation Day.