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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Thomas Kirsch II has been confirmed to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on a 51-44 vote in the U.S. Senate. Kirsch succeeds Amy Coney Barrett after her confirmation to the United States Supreme Court.
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With two vacancies now on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, President Donald Trump’s nominee for an Indiana seat faced tough questioning on Capitol Hill while bar and civil rights groups called for change on the Chicago-based court, the only all-white federal appeals bench in the nation.
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U.S. District Court Judge Cristal Brisco sentenced Jonathan Alan Peters, 33, after he pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography.
The four men worked together to distribute fentanyl pills throughout the Michigan City area between October 2023 and July 2024, authorities said.
U.S. District Judge Phillip Simon sentenced Valencia Franklin, 52, of Lynwood, Illinois, after she pleaded guilty to wire fraud, a federal felony offense.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly Brady sentenced Jamic Johnson, 50, to 195 months in prison after his guilty plea to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly Brady sentenced Melvin Green, 35, to 60 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indiana’s Northern District.
In the Senate, which must approve a president’s nominees for U.S. attorney, at least two Democrats are prepared to invoke a decades-old custom that affords home-state senators veto power.
The federal agency that confers citizenship upon thousands of new Hoosiers annually is pulling back from naturalization ceremonies held in donated venues — to the alarm of volunteers who won’t be allowed inside the “in-house” alternatives to register prospective voters.
A Fort Wayne man faces more than five years in prison after being sentenced last week for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
A Fort Wayne man faces eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty sentenced James Dockins, 37, of South Bend to 128 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl.
A South Bend woman faces more than 17 years in federal prison after being sentenced last week for her drug possession-related convictions.
U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon sentenced Jonathon Koskela, 21, to the prison term, which will be followed by 10 years of supervised release.
U. S. District Court Judge Damon Leichty sentenced Kortney Moore, 27, of West Akron, Ohio, after Moore pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
A Crown Point man faces more than a decade in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography.
David Allen Swisher was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 20 years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography with a prior conviction
Sens. Todd Young and Jim Banks will help advise President Donald Trump on whom to nominate for the federal openings.
Now both of the state’s two U.S. attorneys have announced their departures.
A former East Chicago police commander convicted of providing cocaine to an associate was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday.
A Colorado man was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to production of child pornography following months of pursuing a girl in Lafayette.
Indianapolis will be the host site of a summit next month focused on reducing violent crime nationwide. The announcement came on the same day that the DOJ announced the award of almost $7 million in grants to programs across Indiana.