A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking a week-old Illinois law authorizing prosecution of "limited services" crisis pregnancy centers for allegedly duping women to believe they could get abortion services at the pro-life centers.
ROCKFORD — A Roscoe man has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for trafficking cocaine and fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities.
Federal judges who encourage more junior lawyers to provide oral arguments could be interfering with the attorney-client relationship, according to a federal judge in Rockford, Illinois.
Federal judge resoundingly rejects use-of-force experts- Patricia Mansonpmanson@lawbulletinmedia.comU.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston of the Northern District of Illinois did not mince words.In a written opinion, he scolded attorneys on both sides of a civil rights lawsuit for asking to present expert.
Civil procedure joinder, prisoner litigation- Where district court abused its discretion in dismissing prisoner’s amended complaint for improper joinder as joinder was, in fact, proper.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded a decision by Judge Iain.