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A St. Joseph County attorney whom the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission cannot locate has been suspended from the practice of law for noncooperation with the investigation of a grievance.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal seeking to give people born in American Samoa U.S. citizenship.
President Joe Biden on Monday officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program and announced that 8 million borrowers had already applied for loan relief during the federal government’s soft launch period.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Z.T. v. Review Board of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (mem. dec.)
22A-EX-1360
Agency action. Affirms the Review Board of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development’s dismissal of Z.T.’s appeal of an administrative law judge’s denial of her unemployment claim on the basis that she left employment without good cause in connection with the work. Finds Z.T. filed her appeal with the review board well beyond 15 days following notification of the ALJ’s decision, so the board had no jurisdiction to review that decision and thus properly dismissed Z.T.’s untimely appeal.
A Vincennes attorney who pleaded guilty to reckless driving and impersonating a public servant has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana for an indeterminate period of time.
Three Gary men intertwined in a major drug ring did not sway the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals from affirming their convictions and decadeslong sentences on Friday.
U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, granted full and unconditional pardons to all Americans with federal convictions of simple marijuana possession in an executive action this month, but don’t expect Indiana to follow suit.
The Indiana State Bar Association made changes at the top last week as members from each corner of the Hoosier State met in the Circle City to recap the organization’s past year and formally appoint members to leadership positions for 2022-2023.
One day after the Jan. 6 congressional committee voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump, outgoing U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee’s vice chair, spoke with students and faculty at the University of Notre Dame.
Chicago-based law firm SmithAmundsen LLC, which has a large presence in Indianapolis, is merging with Wisconsin-based Davis|Kuelthau. The combined firm will operate as Amundsen Davis LLC with 230 attorneys and 12 offices throughout the Midwest.
The first and only debate among the three Indiana candidates for U.S. Senate gave Democratic hopeful Tom McDermott a rare opportunity to verbally spar with Republican Sen. Todd Young, who is seeking another six-year term as the state’s senior senator.
It’s less than four weeks from Election Day, and Diego Morales, the Republican candidate for Indiana secretary of state, has found himself mired in a series of controversies.
Indiana University’s vice president for research said he plans to step down from the role next June and return to the classroom. Fred Cate has led IU’s research initiatives for nearly eight years.
A man found guilty of murder, robbery and other charges in the 2015 killing of an Indianapolis pastor’s wife during a break-in was sentenced Friday to 86 years in prison.
A fifth-grade teacher at a school in northwestern Indiana was charged with felony intimidation Friday after allegedly telling a student she had a “kill list” of students and staff, authorities said.
The parents of a northern Indiana teenager who died along with her boyfriend when a vehicle being chased by police crashed into their car in 2020 is suing the city of Mishawaka.
The Fort Wayne City Council has asked the city’s attorney to answer several questions stemming from Mayor Tom Henry’s recent drunken driving crash and the suspension of his driver’s license for 90 days.
Arguments were held in court Friday morning between several women and the state of Indiana as to whether the latter’s new abortion law clashes with the Hoosiers’ sincerely held religious beliefs under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
A magistrate judge who granted a litigant’s motion to transfer a PCR case to an elected judge but then failed to do so was protected from the litigant’s subsequent lawsuit against her by absolute judicial immunity, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
James Stephens v. The Honorable Peggy Ryan Hart, Magistrate
22A-MI-1301
Miscellaneous. Affirms the dismissal of James Stephens’ claims against Marion Superior Magistrate Judge Peggy Hart regarding his denial of petition for post-conviction relief. Finds the claims were subject to dismissal based on absolute judicial immunity. Also finds Stephens’ waived argument that the trial court magistrate judge lacked authority to dismiss his complaint is not well-taken. Finally, finds Stephens has waived any constitutional challenge to the statute granting magistrate judges the authority to enter final appealable orders.