Punch and Jurists

Manuel v. City of Joliet, No. 14-9496 (U.S. Supreme Court) (580 U.S. ___; 137 S.Ct. 911) (March 21, 2017) (Justice Kagan) by The facts before the Court in this case were relatively straightforward. The Petitioner, Elijah Manuel, was arrested and held in jail for 48 days after a judge relied …

U.S. v. Foster, No. 14-20323-CR (S.D.Fla.) (103 F.Supp.3d 1335) (April 16, 2015) (Judge Cecilia M Altonaga) by Following a jury trial, Tiffany Foster was convicted on two counts: (a) conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and (b) conspiracy to defraud the United States and receive kickbacks. She …

Ryan v. Gonzales, No. 10-930 (U.S. Supreme Court) (568 U.S. 57; 133 S.Ct. 696) (January 8, 2013) (Justice Thomas) by In a pair of consolidated Federal habeas cases involving death row inmates from the states of Arizona and Ohio, a unanimous Supreme Court held that mentally ill state prisoners do …