Fishers attorney’s law license suspended for OWI conviction
| IL Staff
A Fishers-based attorney has been suspended from the practice of law for 60 days after she was convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in June 2024.
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State’s high court to review injury claims made by Olympian against USA Track & Field
USA Track & Field appealed to the high court to object to an Indiana Court of Appeals’ ruling that allowed the athlete’s amended lawsuit to move forward.
Opinions April 29, 2025
Indiana Court of Appeals
Sobirjon Rakhimov v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-2172
Criminal. Affirms Sobirjon Rakhimov’s two convictions in Whitley Circuit Court for reckless homicide. Finds no reasonable interpretation of the facts suggests that Rakhimov’s conduct was merely negligent. Also finds that while Rakhimov was free to, and did, argue to the jury that he acted only negligently, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by refusing any of the jury instructions proposed by Rakhimov. Attorney for appellant: Cara Schaefer Wieneke. Attorneys for appellee: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Assistant Section Chief, Criminal Appeals Jesse Drum.
Elevate says state funding freeze endangers startups, entrepreneurial community
Commerce Secretary David Adams announced last week that the state had frozen funds earmarked for Elevate Ventures, but he did not outline specific concerns about the nonprofit or its operations.
First accuser takes the witness stand at Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial
Miriam Haley, a former TV and movie production assistant, alleges that the former movie mogul forcibly performed oral sex on her at his New York City apartment in 2006.
A ‘great move,’ or revisionist history? Indiana’s Beckwith sparks Three-Fifths Compromise debate
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s defense of the Three-Fifths Compromise — which he called “a great move” by the country’s founders toward ending slavery — has triggered sharp pushback from historians and civil rights groups.
Federal judge tosses lawsuit brought by ex-college basketball players against NCAA
The lawsuit, which included 16 total players who played before June 16, 2016, claimed that the NCAA had enriched itself by utilizing their names, images and likenesses to promote its men’s basketball tournament.
Indiana egg farm’s lawsuit accuses supplier of faulty packaging
| IL Staff
A major Indiana egg farm is suing a New Jersey packaging company, claiming its allegedly defective packaging resulted in thousands of dollars in lost product.
State’s response ordered in execution stay request of Indiana death row inmate
| IL Staff
The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered the state to submit motions in response to death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie’s counsel, who requested a stay and oral arguments last week.
Opinions April 28, 2025
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Erika Mabes and Brian Mabes, individually and on behalf of L.M., J.R.M., and J.A.M., minor children v. Shannon Thompson, et al.
24-1048 and 24-1082
Civil. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge James Sweeney. Reverses the district court’s denial of nine Indiana Department of Child Services employees and consultant doctor Shannon Thompson’s motions for summary judgment because it found that unresolved factual disputes precluded their requests for qualified immunity. Finds no evidence in the record (or identified in the Mabeses’ brief), that Thompson acted in a reckless or otherwise improper manner in providing her recommendation to DCS. Also finds that none of the nine DCS defendants violated the Mabeses’ clearly established rights, entitling them to qualified immunity across the board. Attorneys for appellant: Ryan Hurley, Stephanie Gutwein, Liam Williams, Addison Zielinski. Attorneys for appellees: Ronald Waicuskauski, Joseph Williams, Brad Catlin.
The FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home. Now the Supreme Court will hear their lawsuit
On Tuesday, an attorney for Trina Martin will go before the U.S. Supreme Court to ask the justices to reinstate her 2019 lawsuit against the U.S. government accusing the agents of assault and battery, false arrest and other violations.
Here’s what died – and got dropped in – during the final hours of the Indiana legislative session
Controversial language targeting homeless Hoosiers, regulating marijuana-like products and cracking down on illicit massage parlors perished late Thursday — even as Indiana lawmakers crammed changes to a new property tax reform package into an unrelated agency bill to end the session.
Indiana lieutenant governor calls Three-Fifths Compromise ‘a great move’
Indiana’s lieutenant governor is facing backlash from some of the state’s religious and civil rights leaders after he called the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted each Black enslaved person as three-fifths of a human being for the purposes of taxation and representation, “a great move” that led to the abolishment of slavery.
Disciplinary commission rejects Indiana AG Todd Rokita’s call to dismiss latest ethics complaint
In a 44-page brief, Adrienne Meiring, executive director of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, called Rokita’s motion “procedurally improper” and “meritless.”
South Bend man sentenced to 10 years in prison for fentanyl pill possession
| IL Staff
U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty sentenced James Dockins, 37, of South Bend to 128 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl.
Trump administration abruptly reverses termination of legal status for international students
More than 1,200 students nationwide previously had lost their legal status or had visas revoked, leaving them at risk for deportation.
Opinions April 25, 2025
Indiana Court of Appeals
James Beau Burkhart v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-1237
Criminal. Affirms James “Beau” Burkhart’s murder conviction in Wayne Superior Court and his 55-year prison sentence. Finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion by excluding evidence of the father’s prior criminal charges and convictions, and Burkhart’s mitigated sentence is not inappropriate under Appellate Rule 7(B). Attorney for appellant: Cara Schaefer Wieneke. Attorneys for appellee: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Deputy Attorney General Jennifer Anwarzai.
Indianapolis attorney is part of Trump push to change culture on campus
On leave from Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, Tom Wheeler is part of the Trump administration’s inter-agency Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, which is in a battle with Harvard University.
Indiana Legislature adopts tight budget with cigarette tax hike, widespread cuts
The Indiana Legislature approved a pared-down $46.2 billion state budget bill early Friday morning that will triple the state’s cigarette tax and cut funding for a wide swath of entities and programs.
Final legislative flurry includes bills on health care, absenteeism and school accountability
Thursday alone saw more than two dozen proposals sent to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk, including those dealing with education “deregulation,” pharmaceutical pricing and public retiree bonuses.