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.”
Kellie Barr is officially back at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, but this time not as a clerk.
Monroe County’s variance procedure operated as a prior restraint of speech, but it didn’t amount to a First Amendment violation, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a district court’s finding and vacating a permanent injunction.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ruling that rejected an employee’s claims of retaliation and breach of contract against a prominent book publisher.
A former nonprofit health care worker in Jasper has been indicted on 12 counts of wire fraud and 12 counts of forging checks for an alleged scheme to embezzle more than $150,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana has announced.
Indianapolis police had probable cause for a search warrant in a July 2020 case that resulted in a man’s federal felon-in-possession of a handgun charge, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
Three of the children who were fathered by disgraced Indianapolis fertility specialist Donald Cline must permit DNA testing websites to share information about the privacy settings they used on the websites.
A Kokomo convenience store owner is asking for judicial review of a U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to temporarily prohibit the store from accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments from customers.
A former treasurer for a labor union in Indianapolis has been convicted of wire fraud after being accused of embezzling $91,951.86 from the organization over a six-year period.
The city of Aurora is suing its insurance company in a claims dispute involving a cybercrime in which the city was tricked into sending more than $233,000 to a fraudster.
The Southern District of Indiana is now accepting applications for a potential magistrate judge vacancy in Evansville.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana celebrated Black History Month on Friday with song and a discussion.
A business manager who embezzled more than $573,000 from a Catholic parish in Indianapolis over a 13-year period has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
A southwestern Indiana man is suing Vanderburgh County, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and one of its deputies over what the plaintiff says was his wrongful arrest for a 2022 traffic offense.
A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death complaint against the city of Indianapolis and its police force in the death of former Indiana University football player Chris Beaty, who was fatally shot in 2020.
An inmate who claims he was sexually assaulted after being forced to undergo a blood draw will get another chance to pursue his case after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated summary judgment for the defendants.
The U.S. Southern District Court for the Southern District of Indiana hosted the grand opening of its new learning center Wednesday.
A motion for judicial notice in a federal dispute over Indiana’s campaign contribution laws has drawn a rebuke from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which denied the motion and called it “unnecessary” and “improper.”
The U.S. District Court for Southern Indiana will be holding its 24th annual Black History Month event: A Glimpse into the Lives of African Americans Responsible for Upholding the Law.
During January, Indiana federal judges issued multiple informative opinions on common procedural issues.