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Ind. Courts - "Allen County judges getting snippy: The flurry of curt e-mails about filing might have root in caseload numbers"
This column by Kevin Leininger of the Fort Wayne New-Sentinel is long, but too much fun not to read in full. A sample:Whatever the motives, the Allen County Courthouse has for the past two months provided the stage for a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 6, 2009 06:56 PM
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues judiciary disciplinary ruling
In In the Matter of the Hon. Kenneth R. Scheibenberger, a 3-page, Per Curiam decision, the Court concludes:Accordingly, the Respondent, Kenneth R. Scheibenberger, Judge of the Allen Superior Court, is hereby suspended from office without pay for a period of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 21, 2009 11:28 AM
Ind. Courts - Has statute of limitations for theft passed because the theft occurred in September 2002, not in January 2003?
That question is the focus of a story today by Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:An Allen Superior Court judge convicted a 55-year-old Fort Wayne man of theft Wednesday, denying a defense request to dismiss the charges...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 18, 2008 09:37 AM
Ind. Courts - In Indiana the judiciary is held – publicly and appropriately – to a high standard.
That is the conclusion of this editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes:An Allen Superior Court judge’s hearing scheduled for today before a special disciplinary panel is not taking place because his case was settled last week....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 26, 2008 07:57 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: Allen County Judge Scheibenberger to be suspended for three days
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Jeff Wiehe of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a lengthy story today, under the headline "Scheibenberger tirade nets 3-day suspension: Judge cursed at defendant's family while wearing robe." Some quotes:Three days suspended with no pay....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 22, 2008 12:55 PM
Ind. Courts - Allen County Judge Scheibenberger to be suspended for three days
Updating this long list of ILB entries, including the most recent from Sept. 10th headed "Panel to rule on Allen judge's outburst," the "parties have agreed that the appropriate sanction in this matter is a three-day suspension from office without...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 21, 2008 02:27 PM
Ind. Courts - "Panel to rule on Allen judge's outburst"
This story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, by Rebecca S. Greene, reports that:The Indiana Supreme Court appointed a three-judge panel to hear a complaint of judicial misconduct against Allen Superior Court Judge Kenneth R. Scheibenberger. Last week, the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 10, 2008 10:04 AM
Ind. Courts - "Outburst response filed by Judge Scheibenberger"
Rebecca S. Green reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:An Allen Superior Court judge doesn't deny the allegations of impropriety for the outburst he made in another judge's courtroom but said the commission reviewing his conduct does not have...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 12, 2008 06:11 AM
Ind. Courts - Distribution of cases when two judges facing charges
Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a lengthy story today about the distribution of cases in Allen County courts, where two judges are facing charges. Some quotes:Can a judge who has a pending drunken-driving case preside...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 3, 2008 09:13 AM
Ind. Courts - Fort Wayne paper editorial on "Judging the Judges"
With two of its county judges facing unrelated charges, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a long and thoughtful editorial today that should be read in full:Two Allen County judges familiar with passing judgment on people who have committed wrongdoings...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 24, 2008 08:44 AM
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Allen Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Felts arrested in Indy
Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:Allen Circuit Judge Thomas Felts was at work Monday handling domestic relations cases, days after his arrest in Indianapolis on a drunken-driving charge. But whether he will return to his...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 22, 2008 08:50 AM
Ind. Courts - Still more on: "Scheibenberger faces ethics, misconduct charges"
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, the Supreme Court has now posted a press release on the chages filed against Judge Kenneth R. Scheibenberger.The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications filed formal charges of judicial misconduct against the Honorable Kenneth...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 16, 2008 12:36 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: "Scheibenberger faces ethics, misconduct charges"
Rebecca S. Green's report in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette yesterday afternoon is expanded in the version published in today's paper. Some quotes from today's story:The first count of the document alleges Scheibenberger failed to uphold the integrity of the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 16, 2008 08:06 AM
Ind. Courts - "Scheibenberger faces ethics, misconduct charges"
Rebecca S. Green reports in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette this afternoon in a story that begins:The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications took formal disciplinary proceedings Tuesday against Allen Superior Judge Kenneth R. Scheibenberger. Alleging the judge violated rules of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 15, 2008 01:58 PM
Ind. Decisions - "State court cuts 100-year cocaine term"
That is the headline to a story today by Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, reporting on the Court of Appeals NFP decision yesterday in the case of Sharico Devon Blakely v. State of Indiana. In the opinion,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 21, 2008 09:48 AM
Ind. Courts - "Should drug-addicted pregnant women be criminalized?"
Angela Mapes Turner of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette had a lengthy story last Sunday, April 27th, headed: "Pregnant addicts blur crime debate: Authorities waver on punishment for neglect, abuse." Some quotes from the thoughtful report:In December 2006, police say,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 1, 2008 02:34 PM
Ind. Courts - "Thief takes judge’s card for a joyride"
Dionne Waugh writes today for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:Police charged a Fort Wayne woman Monday with racking up nearly $2,000 worth of charges on an Allen Superior Court judge’s stolen credit card. Barbara Ann Evans, 39, of the 3000...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 6, 2007 03:05 PM
Ind. Courts - More on cameras in Allen County Superior Court
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a thoughtful editorial today on the camera pilot project in the Allen County Superior Court, perhaps to atone for its earlier coverage (see "Judge makes joke; reporter fails to notice" in the Fort Wayne...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 11, 2006 08:15 AM
Ind. Courts - Attorneys must qualify for death penalty trials
"Capital cases tax public defenders: Attorneys must qualify for death penalty trials" is the headline to an extended story today by Sara Eaton in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes:Just as there are requirements under Indiana law for the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 1, 2006 07:46 AM