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- Commutation Grants, Group Warrant (December 12, 2024)
Government Record · 2024
Executive Office of the President
President Biden's December 12, 2024 commutation warrant, which includes former Kids for Cash judge Michael Conahan. It ended his prison term but left his supervised release…
- Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial, Isaacs v. Jateff et al., Case No. 6:26-cv-01263
Court Filing · 2026
Lindsey Brooke Isaacs; Brill & Rinaldi
Lindsey Isaacs's federal lawsuit: she spent 13 days in jail on eight felonies over a fatal crash even though a Flock camera placed her three miles…
- Complaint, Brittney Gilliam et al. v. City of Aurora et al.
Court Filing · 2020
Brittney Gilliam et al.
Brittney Gilliam's lawsuit against Aurora describing the 2020 stop, including girls aged 17 and 12 handcuffed behind their backs.
- Cook County State’s Attorney Expands Pilot Program to Streamline Charging Process
Government Record · 2025
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
The official release documents the direct-file practice for most felony narcotics cases. It does not provide a complete 26th-and-California outcome dataset.
- Corbitt v. Vickers, 929 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2019)
Court Filing · 2019
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The court granted immunity without deciding whether a constitutional violation occurred. The ten-year-old child was shot in the knee and wounded, not killed.
- Corner Post v. Federal Reserve Board (2024)
Court Filing · 2024
Supreme Court of the United States (Barrett, J.; Jackson, J., dissenting)
U.S. Supreme Court, July 2024: the six-year deadline to challenge a federal rule starts when the rule actually injures you, not when it was published. Newly…
- Coronavirus Live Updates: Napa County Moves to Orange Tier (October 21, 2020 entry)
News Report · 2020
ABC7 News
The contemporaneous timeline reports Napa’s move to the orange tier effective October 21, including indoor restaurant service. It supplies context for November 6 but is not…
- Court Docs: Morgan County foster parents abused at least 30 children over 13 years
News Report · 2025
WRTV
Indiana foster parents Brian and Sonja Stafford were charged with 121 counts after investigators said they abused at least 33 children over 13 years. These are…
- Court orders Jussie Smollett released from jail during appeal
News Report · 2022
Associated Press / NPR
Smollett was released March 16, 2022 on a $150,000 personal-recognizance bond after roughly six days in custody. The release preceded the 2024 Supreme Court decision by…
- Criminal Complaint, State of Wisconsin v. Josue Ayala
Court Filing · 2026
Matthew J. Torbenson; Detective Matthew R. Bongel
Criminal complaint against Milwaukee officer Josue Ayala: 179 Flock searches of two people for personal reasons. The victim found them using Have I Been Flocked.
- Criminal Complaint, State of Wisconsin v. Tehrangi N. Chapman, Case 2026CF003239
Court Filing · 2026
Matthew J. Torbenson; Investigator David E. Dalland
Criminal complaint against Milwaukee detective Tehrangi Chapman: 20 Flock searches of two people, with the reasons logged as "test" and "training." Charges pending.
- Cross Country Operation X Recovers 82 Children From Being Trafficked for Sex (FBI)
Government Record · 2016
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI's 2016 announcement that Operation Cross Country X recovered 82 underage trafficking victims nationwide.
- CRS Legal Sidebar: Appeals Courts After Jarkesy
Government Record · 2026
Congressional Research Service
Congressional Research Service: a survey of how appeals courts have applied Jarkesy. Several upheld agency proceedings, while others ruled against the Labor Department and HHS, and…
- CRS R48365: Law Enforcement Use of Less-than-Lethal Weapons (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Jillian Long
Congressional Research Service, 2025: on police less-than-lethal weapons, including LRAD sound devices and their health concerns. Congress has never defined less-lethal weapons in law.
- Culley v. Marshall, 601 U.S. 377
Court Filing · 2024
Supreme Court of the United States
The Court ruled for the government on the requested separate preliminary hearing while requiring a timely forfeiture hearing.
- Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States: SSCI Hearing, S. Hrg. 113-89 (2013)
Transcript · 2013
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
The March 12, 2013 Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in which Senator Ron Wyden asked Director of National Intelligence James Clapper whether the NSA collects data on…
- Daily Wire v. Department of State: Consent Decree (2026)
Court Filing · 2026
Parties before Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Judge Jeremy Kernodle, federal court in Texas, April 2026: approved a consent decree barring the State Department from using electronic tools to knowingly suppress or downgrade…
- DCFS placed troubled teen girl with 24-year-old pimp as foster parent
News Report · 2023
CBS Chicago
CBS Chicago reported that Illinois DCFS approved Erick Johnson as a "fictive kin" caregiver for a 16-year-old girl. He did not go through standard foster parent…
- Demaree v. Pederson, 887 F.3d 870
Court Filing · 2018
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit held that only a reasonable fear of imminent physical injury or sexual abuse justifies removing a child without a court order.
- DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189
Court Filing · 1989
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court held that the state had no constitutional duty to protect a child from abuse by a private person when the state had not…
- Devereaux v. Abbey, 263 F.3d 1070
Court Filing · 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, recognized a clearly established right not to face criminal charges based on evidence the government deliberately fabricated.
- Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303 (1980)
Court Filing · 1980
U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that a live, human-made microorganism can be patented.
- Did Nancy Pelosi Get Her Hair Done at a Salon Despite COVID-19 Restrictions?
News Report · 2020
Snopes
The report reproduces Pelosi’s office statement that she followed the rules as represented by the salon. It states that outdoor-only personal services followed on September 1;…
- Digital Euro: Report on the Preparation Phase Closing
Government Record · 2025
European Central Bank
The ECB's October 2025 closing report on the digital euro preparation phase discusses hypothetical holding limits of up to 3,000 euros per person. No official record…