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The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear an appeal from the state later this month in a case where a motion to suppress was granted to a man accused of causing a deadly April 2022 crash in Franklin County.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction on the state’s Medicaid administrator this week, blocking a policy change that the plaintiffs argued violates federal anti-discrimination laws by risking the institutionalization of two medically fragile children.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
E.D., a minor, by her parent and next friend, Lisa Duell, et al. v. Noblesville School District, et al.
24-1608
Civil. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge Sarah Evans Barker. Affirms the district court’s granting of summary judgment to Noblesville School District after E.D., through her parents Michael and Lisa Duell, sued the school district and several officials, claiming the rejection of her flyers and the club’s suspension were driven by hostility to her pro-life views, in violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Access Act, 20 U.S.C. § 4071(a). Finds the district court reasonably concluded that the Equal Access Act claim was confined to the suspension of Noblesville Students For Life’s status and that the flyer-based theory, raised for the first time at summary judgment, was not properly before the court. Attorneys for appellants: John Bursch, Zachary Kester, Tyson Langhofer, Mathew Hoffmann, Laura Buckner. Attorney for appellees: Liberty Roberts.
A months-long state police investigation into Dubois County Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter scrutinized his handling of jail commissary funds.
A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office wants to vacate a 12-year-old injunction on an abortion provider state funding ban — risking Planned Parenthood’s participation in Indiana’s Medicaid program.
The nation’s capital sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal official as the new emergency head of the department.
Attorney General Todd Rokita has issued new civil investigative demands to the University of Notre Dame and Butler University, seeking more information on the universities’ DEI practices after Rokita said the schools failed to provide the materials requested by the office in May.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Dion Kimbrough v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-2348
Criminal. Affirms Dion Kimbrough’s convictions in Marion Superior Court of murder and Level 4 felony unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon for shooting a passenger on an Indianapolis interstate during a road-rage incident. Finds the trial court erred in admitting evidence that Kimbrough was on home detention and GPS monitoring through community corrections at the time of the shooting, but the error was harmless. Judge L. Mark Bailey concurs with separate opinion. Attorney for appellant: Lisa Johnson. Attorneys for appellee: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Steven Hosler.
U.S. District Judge James Hanlon.sentenced John Rice, 45, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after he pleaded guilty to interference with commerce by robbery and possessing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state’s holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
A half-dozen Indiana House Democrats met with their Texas colleagues Wednesday in Chicago to oppose unprecedented mid-cycle redistricting efforts.
Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Crowder Farms, LLC v. Jeff L. Flick
24A-PL-2176
Civil plenary. Affirms the Orange Circuit Court’s judgment denying Crowder Farms, LLC’s claim of a prescriptive easement over Jeff Flick’s property. Finds Crowder Farms failed to prove its intent to assert an exclusive right to use the road, and therefore, it did not establish all the required elements of a prescriptive easement claim. Attorney for appellant: Isaac Brown. Attorney for appellee: Patrick Smith.
The caucus voted to replace Councilor Michael-Paul Hart, the minority leader it selected earlier this year, with Councilor Brian Mowery in a closed caucus meeting Monday.
Hoosier leaders might be busy taking behind-the-scenes feedback on the prospect of early redistricting, but rank-and-file Republicans are increasingly going public with their opposition.
The ACLU argues the law is a clear violation of the free speech protections of the First Amendment and the guarantee of due process in the Fourteenth Amendment.
The influx came the morning after the Republican president announced he would be activating the guard members and taking over the District’s police department, something the law allows him to do temporarily.
Apple said its App Store is designed to be fair and free of bias
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ordered a two-week halt on new construction last Thursday as witnesses continued to testify in a hearing to determine whether construction should end until the ultimate resolution of the case.
