JUDGMENT WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH , Chief District Judge . Upon review of all of the records and papers on file in the above-entitled action by the Honorable William C. Griesbach, United States District Judge of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the Court having entered findings of fact and conclusions of law, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the mortgaged premises which are the subject of this action are described as follows: See legal description attached hereto as Exhibit A...
ORDER JAMES D. PETERSON , District Judge . Plaintiff Ty A. Hanson, appearing pro se, is an inmate at Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment Facility. He alleges that defendant Kevin Ostrowski and "John Doe" defendants from the Rothschild Police Department, Marathon County Jail, and Lincoln County Jail failed to properly treat his injuries when he was taken into custody following a car accident. In a November 18, 2018 order, I denied Hanson's motion for the court's assistance in recruiting...
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON DEFENDANT'S CHANGE OF PLEA DAVID E. JONES , Magistrate Judge . The United States of America and the defendant, Valentino Gray, appeared before me on December 11, 2018, for a change of plea colloquy pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. See Court Minutes for Change of Plea Hearing, ECF No. 24. Mr. Gray, who was represented by counsel at the hearing, consented to my conducting the plea colloquy. I explained that it would be for United...
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON DEFENDANT'S CHANGE OF PLEA DAVID E. JONES , Magistrate Judge . The United States of America and the defendant, Quadir S. El Amin, appeared before me on December 3, 2018, for a change of plea colloquy pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. See Court Minutes for Change of Plea Hearing, ECF No. 14. Mr. El Amin, who was represented by counsel at the hearing, consented to my conducting the plea colloquy. I explained that it would be for...
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING PLEA OF GUILTY WILLIAM E. DUFFIN , Magistrate Judge . The Honorable J.P. Stadtmueller referred this matter to this court for the purposes of advising and questioning the defendant regarding a plea of guilty and for the defendant to enter a plea of guilty pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11. On December 10, 2018, the parties appeared before this court. The defendant pled guilty to the offense charged in the indictment. After cautioning and...
OPINION AND ORDER STEPHEN L. CROCKER , Magistrate Judge . In this civil action brought under federal and state law, plaintiff Taysheedra Allen-Noll alleges that she was harassed, subject to different terms and conditions of employment, and fired from her position as a nursing instructor with defendant Madison Area Technical College because of her race and because she complained about racial discrimination and harassment, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C....
ORDER PETER OPPENEER , Magistrate Judge . On December 7, 2018, the court entered an order allowing plaintiff Donta Jenkins leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal and assessing plaintiff initial partial payments of $20.25 for appeal no. 18-3556. Dkt. #82. On December 19, Jenkins filed a declaration that he is unable to pay the $20.25 initial partial payment assessed to him for filing the appeal. In support of his declaration, Jenkins also submitted a trust fund account statement...
ORDER BARBARA B. CRABB , District Judge . At a hearing held in this case on December 19, 2018, the United States appeared by Heidi Luehring, Assistant United States Attorney and defendant Christian Peterson appeared in person. Also present were Bill McDonald, CEO of Greenwoods State Bank, and Rick McGuigan, a member of the board of the bank. At issue is a proposal by Greenwoods to enter into an agreement with defendant to resolve a portion of the $816,168.57 he owes the bank as a result...
ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER , District Judge . On December 26, 2018, the parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal of this action with prejudice and without costs assessed to any party. (Docket #38). The Court will adopt that stipulation. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). The parties' various pending motions will be denied as moot. (Docket #22, #31, #33, and #34). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the parties' joint stipulation of dismissal (Docket #38) be and the same is hereby...
DECISION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH , Chief District Judge . On October 24, 2017, Plaintiffs Brittney Hietpas and Michael Winius filed this complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging Defendants violated their constitutional rights by preventing Winius from contacting Hietpas, his adult daughter, for six months without due process. On March 27, 2018, Defendants moved for partial summary judgment. Defendants allege that Winius failed to...
DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH , Chief District Judge . On September 6, 2017, Plaintiff Stevie West, who is representing himself and is currently incarcerated at the Columbia Correctional Institution, filed this complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that officers of the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department violated his constitutional rights by using excessive force on him while he was incarcerated in the Winnebago County Jail (WCJ)....
DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH , Chief District Judge . On August 11, 2017, Plaintiff James Frutiger, a prisoner currently serving a state sentence at Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution (KMCI), filed this pro se lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that Defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs—a rash—in violation of the Eighth Amendment. ECF No. 1. In March 2018, Defendants filed motions for...
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF AMENDED CLASS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION SETTLEMENT WILLIAM E. DUFFIN , Magistrate Judge . Having reviewed the Parties' Joint Motion for Preliminary Approval of the Amended Collective and Class Action Settlement (ECF No. 68) and its supporting documents, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. The Parties' Amended Settlement Agreement (ECF No. 68-1) is APPROVED as a fair, reasonable, and adequate resolution of disputed claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA")...
DECISION AND ORDER WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH , Chief District Judge . This is an action for judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying Lisa Bellin's applications for Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. For the reasons set forth below, the Commissioner's decision will be affirmed. BACKGROUND On April 23, 2012, Plaintiff, age 50 at the time, completed applications...
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR TRANSCRIPTS WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH , Chief District Judge . Defendant Damien D. Gambrell was sentenced on August 3, 2018, to 94 months and 60 months respectively, to run concurrently, after pleading guilty to two counts: Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances and Coercion or Enticement of a Female, contrary to 18 U.S.C. 846 & 841(b)(1)(B) and 18 U.S.C. 2422(a) & (2) respectively. No appeal was taken. This court received a letter/motion requesting a copy...
OPINION AND ORDER BARBARA B. CRABB , District Judge . Federal prisoner Marcelino Ramon Canchola, Jr. has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2241, contending that his due process rights were violated at a disciplinary hearing which resulted in the Bureau of Prisons stripping him of 41 days of good-conduct time. Because petitioner has not shown that he was denied due process, I am denying his petition. BACKGROUND Petitioner Marcelino Canchola is incarcerated at...
OPINION AND ORDER STEPHEN L. CROCKER , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiff James Chapman filed this action seeking reversal of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying his application for Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) under Title II of the Social Security Act (Act). 42 U.S.C. 405(g), 423 et seq. The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the United States Magistrate Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(c). The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether...
ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER , District Judge . On September 28, 2018, Plaintiff filed two civil actions. The first is a class action asserting violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and the Wisconsin Wage Payment and Collection Laws ("WWPCL"), with respect to employees of Defendants' Business Development Center. 18-CV-1527, (Docket #1). The second complaint alleges the same theories, but this time for Plaintiff herself on an individual basis. 18-CV-1528, (Docket #1). The first...
ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER , District Judge . Petitioner Christopher T. Tyra ("Tyra") filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on August 27, 2018. (Docket #1). On September 12, 2018, Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph screened Tyra's petition and found that he could proceed. (Docket #6). This action was reassigned to this branch of the Court on September 24, 2018. On November 13, 2018, Respondent moved to dismiss Tyra's petition for failure to exhaust his state court remedies, which is a...
DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH , Chief District Judge . On November 14, 2017, Plaintiff Branden Richter, who is representing himself and is currently incarcerated at Waupun Correctional Institution (WCI), filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that the warden and several members of the health services staff were deliberately indifferent to his serious mental health needs in violation of his constitutional rights. Richter...
