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Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature on Tuesday voted to advance a bill that tightens state abortion laws despite objections that it would force doctors to provide dubious information to their patients.
While the COVID-19 pandemic ruled out the traditional State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Indiana General Assembly in January, Chief Justice Loretta Rush’s address for 2021 released Wednesday takes the form of a video featuring judges and court officers discussing how the judiciary “adapted and innovated.”
With a powerful new tool, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has fresh options for potentially advancing President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package and other priorities past Republican obstruction in the 50-50 split Senate.
The Republican-dominated Indiana Senate is blocking a bill that would repeal the state’s permit requirement for carrying a handgun in public. The measure previously easily passed the House but was opposed by law enforcement organizations.
Indiana Court of Appeals
The City of Bloomington, et al. v. Andrew Guenther, et al. (mem. dec.)
20A-MI-1900
Miscellaneous. Affirms the denial of the motion to dismiss filed by the city of Bloomington, Mayor John Hamilton, Christopher Cockerham and Nicholas Kappas, which challenged the amended verified complaint for declaratory judgment and writ of quo warranto filed by William Ellis and Andrew Guenther in reference to a Planning Commission appointment. Finds the petitioners have stated sufficient facts to demonstrate that they have standing to bring their complaint for declaratory judgment and request for a writ of quo warranto. Also finds the Monroe Circuit Court did not err in denying the motion to dismiss.
An order requiring a confidential informant to sit for a face-to-face interview with defense counsel will be reviewed by the Indiana Supreme Court during oral arguments Thursday. Justices will also hear arguments on petition to transfer in a case where a defendant was erroneously released from prison then reincarcerated.
Child Advocates is asking the city of Indianapolis to delay plans to switch CASA providers until the end of year, citing questions about the transition, the ability of Kids’ Voice to handle the work and concerns over the risk to children.
An Indiana law requiring bars and restaurants owned by out-of-state entrepreneurs to gross more than $100,000 in food sales each year to receive an Indiana alcohol permit has been permanently struck down as unconstitutional by a federal judge.
Four magistrates and one lawyer have been named as finalists to fill an upcoming vacancy on the St. Joseph Superior Court. The finalists were announced by a judicial selection panel that was reduced to five members after two were disqualified.
The juvenile justice bill that national organizations say Indiana needs to ensure its children can move past the “poor decisions made during their childhood” is scheduled to arrive Tuesday on the Indiana House floor after two committees in the lower chamber voted unanimously in support of the measure.
Gov. Eric Holcomb will now get the chance to follow through on his pledge to veto a bill that would give state lawmakers the power to call themselves into session during public emergencies. The Indiana House and Senate on Monday gave their final approval to the measure that ultimately may end up in court.
One of Indiana’s most prominent corporations is criticizing an Indiana proposal that opponents maintain will make mail-in voting more difficult by requiring voters to submit identification numbers with their ballot applications.
The cities of Green Bay, Kenosha and Racine are asking a federal judge to make former President Donald Trump pay more than $42,000 in legal fees in a case filed by an Indianapolis law firm challenging Wisconsin’s presidential election results. The request is in addition to more than $145,000 in fees sought by the state’s governor.
The Indiana Senate approved a bill reducing local attorney input into who serves on the judicial nominating commissions for Lake and St. Joseph counties Monday despite objections from Democratic senators, one of whom insinuated the changes were triggered by anonymous complaints from candidates who had lost out on judge appointments.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Dawn Riddle and Matthew Riddle v. Syed J. Khan, Chaitanya Chekkilla, and Christopher H. Scruton
20A-PL-1441
Civil plenary. Affirms the grant of summary judgment to Dr. Syed J. Khan, Dr. Chaitanya Chekkilla and Christopher J. Scruton on the claim brought by Dawn and Matthew Riddle under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for allegedly treating the Riddles’ children without permission. Finds undisputed evidence from which the Tipton Circuit Court could have determined the Riddles were aware of Khan’s alleged violations, which fell outside the statute of limitations period, and Khan’s actions were not part of a continuing wrong that extended the statute of limitations period as to him. Also finds Scruton was not entitled to summary judgment on the statute of limitations period, but because there was no material evidence showing he joined or conspired with the Indiana Department of Child Services to deprive the Riddles of their constitutional rights and no dispute of material fact that he actually deprived them of a constitutionally protected right, he was entitled to summary judgment on those grounds. Finally, finds the Riddles have not presented or designated evidence to establish that Chekkilla was a state employee or that she conspired or joined with any state officials to deprive the Riddles of their constitutional rights of any kind.
The man convicted in the murder of Indiana University student Jill Behrman more than 20 years ago will remain in prison after the United States Supreme Court denied cert in his habeas case. The justices denied John Myers’ petition for writ of certiorari Monday.
The first Hispanic judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has officially taken his seat on the bench.
The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana has filed a complaint in federal court against a Michigan City apartment complex, claiming the “discriminatory practices” of the residential provider deprived a Hoosier family of a place to live.
Tipton County parents who alleged their children were unconstitutionally treated by doctors while in a grandmother’s care failed to convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that summary judgment for the doctors was inappropriate.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was fighting a Connecticut court sanction in a defamation lawsuit brought by relatives of some of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.