Of all the current Indiana judicial nominees, Magistrate Judge Joshua Kolar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana is the farthest along on his route to fill a vacancy.
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To wrap up 2022, here’s a look back at the biggest stories of the year, as voted on by IL staff.
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In hindsight, attorneys say, the footnote in the brief to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals filed by the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County provided the clue for what has since come.
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Since March 2020, attorney Kathryn DiNardo has taken up dozens of cases through the Indiana Federal Community Defenders from inmates hoping to be released early because of the pandemic. Those cases are but a drop in the bucket of inmates who have applied for compassionate release, and a July ruling from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has seemingly further dwindled their chances of success.
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The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision that Evansville police officers did not use excessive force on a man who died following a violent 2019 struggle, in a case which sparked nationwide publicity and an investigation by the Associated Press and Frontline.
A preliminary injunction blocking the law should be allowed to stand because the law is too vague in describing what kind of behavior would be allowed to prompt the police to tell journalists or others to stay 25 feet away.
An Evansville man’s convictions in district court on several drug and gun possession offenses were based on overwhelming evidence and methamphetamine seized from his house fell within the legally permissible scope of a police search warrant, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday
The daughter of a former Indiana Department of Correction inmate failed to prove a doctor’s liability in the inmate’s death from Hepatitis C complications, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday in affirming a district court’s summary judgment order.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Diane Sykes announced her intent to take senior status later this year.
A split 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a district court’s ruling and determined that a Marion County police officer was entitled to qualified immunity after being accused of impermissibly using deadly force in Broad Ripple.
The American Civil Liberties Union has requested the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals grant a review of its earlier decision to reverse a preliminary injunction against the state law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
The U.S. Court of Appeals late Monday denied a request to stay Indiana death row inmate Joseph Corcoran’s execution, which is scheduled to take place before sunrise Wednesday.
Between the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Northern District of Indiana, five new judges have been appointed in the past year.
The outcome of the case is expected to impact laws in Indiana and several other states that require pornography websites to verify the age of its users to prevent minors under age 18 from accessing the material.
Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors will stay in place, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in reversing a district court’s injunction that would have prevented the state’s law from going into effect.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals traveled to Bloomington last week to hear six oral arguments in cases ranging from abortion access to strip searches
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is paying a visit to the Indiana University Maurer School of Law this week, as the appellate court will hold oral arguments for six cases at the law school.
Indiana’s requirements for ballot access by petition are constitutional, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday in upholding a lower court’s ruling and rejecting a legal challenge on behalf of third party political candidates.
In July the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals adopted modifications to Circuit Rules 31 34, 40, 47 and 60. Circuit Rule 34 addresses oral arguments, which historically are set in all cases in which parties are represented by counsel.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court’s ruling that denied a preliminary injunction for the Indiana Right to Life Victory Fund and a media company against two provisions of Indiana law dealing with campaign finance restrictions.
A conservative education foundation filed an amicus brief on Thursday in support of a former Brownsburg teacher who was forced to quit his job at a public school after he chose not to use preferred pronouns when identifying transgender students.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violations after the plaintiff failed to state an FCRA claim and lacked standing to bring an FDCPA claim.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part a ruling by Indiana Southern District Court to dismiss a negligence claim involving the wire transfer of money to a bank, which deposited the transfers into its own account.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a man’s district court sentence for his use of a storage unit in a drug operation, ruling the lower court failed to establish that the storage unit was used primarily to distribute the drugs.