Indiana’s Republican U.S. Senators Todd Young and Jim Banks are considering applicants to recommend for the state’s federal bench vacancy and the U.S. Attorney openings in Indiana’s northern and southern districts.
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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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That federal courts, including the one in Chicago that handles all Indiana immigration cases, have a case backlog is something that immigration attorneys have gotten used to over the years. But that backlog has now reached record levels.
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A proposal submitted to the Judicial Conference’s Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure last month provides for the creation of a “Bar of the District Court for the United States.”
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Lawyers for the federal government and immigrant advocates have presented plans before a federal judge that would open the door again to accepting applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program known as DACA.
U.S. District Judge Tiffany Cartwright’s order said certain immigrants “are not subject to mandatory detention” and holding them without the possibility of a bond hearing violates the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The federal court system said it is working to determine if paid operations can be sustained through Oct. 17.
U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell disqualified the attorney from supervising the criminal prosecutions, siding with defense lawyers who argued that her authority expired in July.
The EEOC alleges Gamer Logistics fired a 69-year-old driver because the company’s new liability insurance policy did not cover drivers ages 65 or older and denied employment to a 68-year-old driver because of his age.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., ruled that the U.S. Agency for Global Media cannot implement a reduction in force eliminating 532 jobs for full-time government employees on Tuesday
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Tuesday rejected the agent’s claim that his August 2018 firing violated his First Amendment free speech rights.
Judge Margaret M. Garnett said in an order that statements by government officials about Luigi Mangione possibly facing the death penalty may have violated a local rule meant to limit public comments to ensure a fair trial.
Publicly traded RCI Hospitality owns and operates more than 60 clubs and sports bars and restaurants across the country, including PT’s Showclub Indianapolis, at 7916 Pendleton Pike.
The Trump administration filed a response just ahead of a 3 p.m. Eastern deadline Sunday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, arguing that Cook’s legal arguments for why she should stay on the job were meritless.
The change was part of a broader Trump administration effort to exclude people without legal status from accessing social services by making changes to federal eligibility rules.
Planned Parenthood said Thursday’s ruling means that more than 1.1 million patients can’t use their Medicaid insurance at its health centers.
A federal judge in Texas is set to hear arguments on a U.S. government motion to dismiss a felony charge against Boeing.
U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns in Boston granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead.
Because the ruling by U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks only narrowly applied to four of the state’s 237 districts, that left the impact of the decision limited as thousands of Arkansas students prepared to return to class this month.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth of the District of Columbia gave the administration until Aug. 13 to explain how it will get VOA working again.
Democrats have vehemently opposed Bove’s nomination, citing his current position as a top Justice Department official and his role in the dismissal of the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
It marks the first time a federal appeals court has weighed in and brings the issue one step closer to coming back quickly before the Supreme Court.
One of the commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya, resigned after suing to challenge the firings. The other plaintiff, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, can now resume her duties as commissioner because Trump lacks the constitutional authority to remove her, the judge ruled Thursday.
A program that pays court-appointed private attorneys to represent federal criminal defendants has run out of money, meaning the attorneys representing these clients won’t get paid until October, according to a press release from the United States Courts.