LATEST SUMMARIES

CIVIL PROCEDURE, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, IMMIGRATION LAW, PER CURIAM
• LaGuerre v. Mukasey

CIVIL RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GOVERNMENT LAW, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
• Callahan v. Fermon

LATEST SUMMARIES

CIVIL PROCEDURE, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, IMMIGRATION LAW, PER CURIAM
LaGuerre v. Mukasey, No. 06-4164
Petition for review of an order of removal finding petitioner a deportable aggravated felon based on a conviction for battery is denied where: 1) the elements of domestic battery under Illinois law establish that it is a crime of violence subjecting him; and 2) the court lacked jurisdiction to review a claim that the BIA applied the incorrect legal standard when it determined that he did not qualify for protection under the Convention Against Torture. Read more...

CIVIL RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GOVERNMENT LAW, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
Callahan v. Fermon, No. 05-4313, 05-4335, 06-1055, 06-1098
In an action claiming retaliatory action by plaintiff's superiors arising out of comments made about a cold case and official complaints about his superior officers, judgment for plaintiff is reversed and the case remanded with instructions to enter judgment for defendants where plaintiff was speaking pursuant to his official duties, not as a citizen, and therefore was not entitled to protection by the First Amendment. Read more...