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In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-2932 BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF SANTOASHA HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, et al., Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the

CURLEY, P.J. ¶ 1. Jesse H. Harris appeals the order denying his petition for a writ of mandamus. Harris argues that the trial court erred in denying his petition because the four criteria required for the issuance of the writ have been satisfied, and because, contrary to what the trial court determined, the doctrine of laches does not bar his petition. Harris — who pled guilty to eight counts of statutory rape more than twenty ye

265 Wis.2d 518 (2003) 2003 WI App 131 666 N.W.2d 524 CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Petitioner-Respondent,[†] v. ROADSTER LLC, Respondent, C. COAKLEY RELOCATION SYSTEMS, INC., Respondent-Appellant. No. 02-3102. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin. Submitted on briefs April 1, 2003. Decided May 13, 2003. <

980 F.Supp. 983 (1997) John A. BALCERZAK and Joseph T. Gabrish, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Milwaukee Police Department, Chief of Police Philip Arreola, Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City of Milwaukee, M. Nicol Padway, Kathleen Harrell-Patterson, Robert Harris, Phoebe Weaver-Williams, Daniel A. Blinka, Grant F. Langley, Martin Joseph Donald, and Jan A. Smokowicz, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants.

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-3007 DARYL HOLLOWAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, et al., Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the

REBECCA G. BRADLEY, J. ¶ 52. (concurring). I agree that Wis. Stat. § 66.0502 trumps Milwaukee's residency ordinance and therefore I join the majority opinion. I write separately to point out that the original meaning of the home rule amendment to the *316Wisconsin Constitution decrees a different interpretation than this court gives. The home rule amendment pro

ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge. The plaintiff, Leo Hardy, filed suit in this case on July 10, 2013. He alleged that a number of Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”) officers stopped him without reasonable suspicion, strip searched him, and falsely arrested him, and that no officer *857acted to intervene. He sued those officers under 42 U.S.

DECISION AND ORDER LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge. Devin Ragland claims that three officers of the Milwaukee Police Department— Amy Bartol, Stephanie Seitz; and Douglas Anderer — subjected him to unreasonable searches in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and are hable for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 In addition to suing these offi

ORDER J.P. Stadtmueller, U.S. District Judge 1. INTRODUCTION This litigation arises from the death of Dontre Hamilton (“Hamilton”) on April 30, 2014, On that date, Hamilton was shot and killed by Defendant Christopher E. Man-ney (“Manney”), an officer with the Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”), after a physical altercation between the two. Plaintiffs, Hamilton’s estate and his surviving

SYKES, Circuit Judge. In February 1998 Maryetta Griffin was raped and strangled to death and left in an abandoned garage on Milwaukee’s north side. In 2004 Milwaukee police arrested William Avery for the crime. He was convicted of first-degree homicide and spent six years in prison before DNA evidence proved that Walter Ellis, a serial killer linked to nine similar homicides, was

ORDER J. P. Stadtmueller, U.S. District Judge 1. INTRODUCTION This action arises from the death of Derek Williams, Jr. (‘Williams”) on July 6, 2011 while in the custody of the City of Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”). See (Docket #1). Plaintiffs, Williams’ estate and surviving minor children, have sued the City of Milwaukee (the “City”) and various police officers whom they

DECISION AND ORDER RUDOLPH T. RANDA, District Judge. This action arises out of the 1996 wrongful conviction of Plaintiff Chaunte Ott (“Ott”) for the murder of Jessica Payne (“Payne”). Ott alleges that the Defendants coerced false statements from two men implicating him in the murder, and breached their ongoing obligation to disclose information to him when they learned that the DNA profile from Payne’s m

ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge. The plaintiff, Joe Bohannon (“Bohannon”), filed his complaint in this matter on October 31, 2013. (Docket # 1). In it, he alleges that Michael Vagnini (‘Vagnini”), a former police officer with the Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”), unlawfully strip-searched him near a public street, while MPD officer Matthew Gadzalinski (“Gadzalinski”) stood by and did nothing. (C

DECISION AND ORDER RUDOLPH T. RANDA, District Judge. William Damon Avery spent six years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit: the murder of a drug-addicted prostitute named Maryetta Griffin. Avery was exonerated by DNA testing which excluded Avery and matched the profile of Walter E. Ellis, an accused serial killer.1 In this civil rights lawsuit, Avery a

ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge. The plaintiff, Kevin Freeman, Sr.,1 filed his complaint in this matter on August 13, 2013. (Docket # 1). In it, he alleges that Michael Vagnini (“Vagnini”), a former police officer with the Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”) and one of the defendants, unlawfully strip-searched him near a public street, while Jacob Knight (“Knight”) and

ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge. The plaintiff, Chavies Hoskin, filed his complaint in this matter on August 13, 2013. (Docket # 1). In it, he alleges that Michael Vagnini (“Vagnini”), a former police officer with the Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”) and one of the defendants, unlawfully strip-searched him near a public street, while Sergeant Jason Mucha (“Mucha”) and Officer Thomas Maglio (

ROVNER, Circuit Judge. Krysta Sutterfield sued the City of Milwaukee and several of its police officers after the officers forcibly entered her home to effectuate an emergency detention for purposes of a mental health evaluation, opened a locked container, and seized for safekeeping the gun and concealed-carry licenses they found inside. She contends that officers violated her rights under the Second, Fourth, and Fourteenth Am

106 Wis.2d 80 (1982) 315 N.W.2d 504 Andrew R. MOHR and Alice J. Mohr, his wife, Plaintiffs-Respondents-Cross-Petitioners,[†] v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Respondent, Leroy J. HARRIS and Johnnie M. Harris, his wife, Defendants-Respondents and Cross-Appellants-Petitioners, James D. COLLINS and Agnes J. Collins, his wife, Valecia Washington, Liddie Collins, Clara

101 Wis.2d 670 (1981) 305 N.W.2d 174 Andrew R. MOHR and Alice J. Mohr, his wife, Plaintiffs-Respondents,[†] v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Respondent, Leroy J. HARRIS and Johnnie M. Harris, his wife, Defendants-Respondents and Cross-Appellants,[†] James D. COLLINS and Agnes J. Collins, his wife, Valecia Washington, Liddie Collins, Clara Carter, Glo

574 F.3d 822 (2009) David HOLLINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Charles Libal, and Demetrius Ritt, Defendants-Appellees. No. 08-3505. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued April 10, 2009. Decided July 31, 2009. *825 Robert E. Barnes, Daniel Treuden (argued), The Bernhoft Law Firm,