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EAST ST. LOUIS – Former Madison County sheriff John Lakin must defend a claim that his office shared liability with deputy Timothy Mudd and others for a wrongful death, Chief U. S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel ruled on Sept. 29.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul moved to strike about 40% of a complaint that challenges the state’s ban on firearm suppressors.
Marks EAST ST. LOUIS – Former U.S. attorney Stephen Wigginton filed the last suit of his private practice in the wrong court, according to an order that U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Beatty issued on May 18. Beatty found that former Wigginton client April Len, who worked for Secretary of State Jesse White, should have challenged her termination in state court. He dismissed her claims under federal law with prejudice and dismissed claims under state law without prejudice. “When the claims supporting federal jurisdiction drop out of the case, the usual practice ...
Deep Creek opens the long-awaited high school football season with a 14-6 win over Deep Creek on Monday.