Southern District of Indiana
47 articles from this court
Judge Nixes Immigrant's Bond Bid, Cites 'Seeking Admission' Status
U.S. District Judge Justin Olson on Tuesday held that Gabriel Castillo Romero, a Mexican citizen who entered without inspection in 2004, must remain detained without bond pending removal proceedings, ruling that he is an 'applicant for admission' subject to...
Indiana Judge Presses Parties On HIPAA Defense For Abortion Reporting Law
U.S. District Judge Robert L. Young Jr. on Tuesday ordered parties to file supplemental briefs addressing whether Indiana's abortion reporting requirements can claim HIPAA protection, asking if 'only some of the information in TPRs relates to public health.'
Judge Nixes 'Incomplete' Summary Judgment Bid In Inmate Cross Case
U.S. District Judge Matthew Brookman on Tuesday ordered jail officials to clarify their summary judgment motion in a religious freedom lawsuit after they failed to address two of three time periods when an inmate was allegedly denied permission to wear a cr...
Judge Slams Child Predator With 40-Year Sentence for 'Maps.syb' Exploitation Scheme
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt on Monday sentenced Bobby Cyprus Linhart, who operated under the alias 'maps.syb,' to 40 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to six counts of child exploitation and coercion, ordering him to pay $68,000 in restitut...
Indiana Judge Orders Removal Of Chinese Researcher Who 'Smuggled' Bacteria
U.S. District Judge James R. Sweeney II on Monday ordered the removal of a Chinese postdoctoral researcher to China after he pleaded guilty to smuggling E. coli bacteria plasmid DNA, saying the defendant "has waived his right to notice and a hearing" on dep...
Judge Axes ICE Detention, Orders Bond Hearing for Honduran National
U.S. District Judge James R. Sweeney II on Tuesday ordered immigration officials to provide a bond hearing for a detained Honduran national or release him, ruling that his detention without a hearing 'violates . . . the laws or treaties of the United States.'
Judge Orders Bond Hearing For Detained Mexican Immigrant, Nixes 'Arriving Alien' Claims
U.S. District Judge James Patrick Hanlon on Tuesday granted a habeas petition filed by a Mexican citizen detained for immigration violations, ordering authorities to provide him a bond hearing within two days or release him, writing that his 'detention with...
Judge Orders Bond Hearing for Mexican National After Nixing ICE 'Unlawful' Detention
U.S. District Judge Magnus-Preben Benzon on Monday granted a habeas corpus petition for a Mexican national detained by ICE, ruling that his continued detention without a bond hearing was 'unlawful' under federal immigration law.