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Prosecutor hesitant but other agencies see benefit in relocating to new Marion County Community Justice Campus

September 1, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl

Detailed plans that carefully choreograph the movement of each box and piece of furniture are being set into motion as the Marion County courts and jails begin the process of relocating from downtown Indianapolis to the new Community Justice Campus on the east side of the city. The move-in dates are now just months away for the $567 million justice campus campus that broke ground in 2018.

Justices uphold distinction between active, passive fraud, find in favor of clinic after missed diagnosis

August 31, 2021 | Olivia Covington

The Indiana Supreme Court has reinstated judgment in favor of a now-defunct clinic that missed a woman’s hepatitis C diagnosis, finding that the patient’s medical malpractice claim was untimely.

Kids’ Voice, Child Advocates finding ways forward after shift of GAL/CASA contract

August 4, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl

The fallout is continuing from Indianapolis’ decision to switch providers of CASA and guardian ad litem services.

Merger of GAL, CASA programs puts more eyes on kids

August 4, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl

What began as a conversation 18 months ago culminated in May with the merger of the guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocates programs in Allen County, bringing together attorneys and volunteers to serve the abused and neglected children who are involved with the court system.

August hearing set for suspect in Indiana officer’s slaying

August 2, 2021 | Associated Press

A man accused of fatally shooting a western Indiana police officer during an ambush outside an FBI field office will appear in federal court in mid-August for his initial hearing in the case.

Congress passes bill to fund Capitol security, Afghan visas

July 30, 2021 | Associated Press

Congress overwhelmingly passed emergency legislation Thursday that would bolster security at the Capitol, repay outstanding debts from the violent Jan. 6 insurrection and increase the number of visas for allies who worked alongside Americans in the Afghanistan war.

Federal judiciary seeks $1.5B for security, IT, construction upgrades, including Fort Wayne courthouse

July 23, 2021 | IL Staff

The United States federal judiciary is requesting more than $1.5 billion to support courthouse security, information technology and courthouse construction projects, including funding to upgrade the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana’s Fort Wayne location.

Preparations underway to help renters caught in wave

July 21, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl

In less than two weeks, the moratorium on evictions put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scheduled to end, and while some fear a wave of evictions will follow, others say the long-awaited day of reckoning needs to come.

Trump lawyers might be penalized over Michigan election case

July 13, 2021 | Associated Press

A federal judge considering whether to order sanctions against some of former President Donald Trump’s lawyers spent hours Monday drilling deeply into details about an unsuccessful lawsuit that challenged Michigan’s 2020 election results.

DTCI: Ruminations on an attorney’s post-pandemic ‘new normal’

July 7, 2021 | Scott Cockrum and From DTCI

Courts are back in business, but it’s not business as usual. Defense lawyer Scott Cockrum writes for the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana about his views on attorneys’ “new normal.”

National, state wiretaps see decreases during 2020

July 6, 2021 | IL Staff

Federal and state judges reported a combined 26% decrease in authorized wiretaps in 2020, according to court statistics released last week. Convictions stemming from cases involving electronic surveillance also decreased significantly.

Senate confirms Jackson-Akiwumi to 7th Circuit

June 24, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl

In a 53-40 vote Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Candace Jackson-Akiwumi to the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals, making her the first person of color to sit on that bench since Judge Ann Claire Williams, the first person of color to join that court, retired in 2018.

No jail time in 1st riot sentence; Oath Keeper pleads guilty

June 24, 2021 | Associated Press

An Indiana woman on Wednesday became the first defendant to be sentenced in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and avoided time behind bars, while a member of the Oath Keepers extremist group pleaded guilty in a conspiracy case and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in a major step forward for the massive investigation.

High court declines to hear Indiana vote-by-mail limits case

June 23, 2021 | Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case challenging Indiana’s vote-by-mail restrictions, a rebuff that means a federal court will decide the future of absentee voting in the state.

Dreyer: Post-pandemic judging: How do we go to ‘court’?

June 23, 2021 | David J. Dreyer

Everyone is now familiar with the ongoing effects of COVID-19 upon how the world is working, and some possible future scenarios both in the legal profession and beyond. The question for judges at every level is, “Do we ever need in-person proceedings?”

Indiana Court Decisions – June 3-16, 2021

June 23, 2021

Read Indiana appellate court decisions from the most recent reporting period.

Racial diversity lacking: No minorities in decade of appointments to IN benches

June 23, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl

Although the next Court of Appeals judge has not been selected, the three candidates nominated ensure Indiana will continue its 9-year streak of judicial appointments that do not include a person of color.

Justices reverse, remand man’s reincarceration after being released too soon

June 22, 2021 | Katie Stancombe

It’s now up to a trial court to calculate credit time and determine whether a man who was released from prison too soon should be reincarcerated or remain free, the Indiana Supreme Court wrote in a Monday reversal.

At long last, Clark County gets two new judges

June 22, 2021 | IL Staff

A public defender and an attorney with the Indiana Department of Child Services have been appointed by Gov. Eric Holcomb to serve as judges in Clark County’s two new superior courts.

Analysis: Court ruling leaves NCAA more vulnerable than ever

June 22, 2021 | Associated Press

The Indianapolis-based NCAA has taken another hit in court, this time at the highest level, and yet insists it is an isolated setback and not a major step toward bringing down its version of amateurism. Legal analysts agree with that — at least until the next court challenge comes. And they seem sure to come.

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