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Federal judge denies Peel’s request for discovery, counsel
Peel A federal judge this week denied requests from a former Madison County class action attorney to pursue discovery and receive counsel in his quest to get his prison sentence changed. Gary Evan Peel...
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Prosecutor’s office: Peel is not entitled to summary judgment
Peel Gary Peel, a former Madison County attorney now behind bars, is not entitled to summary judgment for two reasons, the federal prosecutor’s office asserts. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...
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St. Clair County class action against Full Tilt Poker removed to federal court
A pair of defendants in a St. Clair County class action lawsuit over a gambling website has removed the matter to federal court. Tiltware LLC and Erik Seidel earlier this month filed notice of removal...
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Defendant removes another asbestos lung cancer suit to federal court
Aroesty Shultz One of more than two dozen defendants in an asbestos lung cancer lawsuit has removed the matter to federal court. United Technologies Corp. (UTC) on Monday filed a notice to remove the...
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Judge denies Peel’s motion over his prison sentence; refuses to issue...
Peel A former Madison County attorney’s latest effort to have his 12-year-prison sentence set aside, vacated or corrected has been quashed. In a 22-page opinion issued late last month, U.S. Judge...
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Peel seeks certificate of appealability from the 7th Circuit
Peel A former Madison County attorney now behind bars is once again trying to appeal a federal judge’s ruling over his 2007 convictions. Gary Peel on Friday filed a petition seeking a certificate of...
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Judge grants Cook’s motion to continue trial on drug charge; Grand jury...
Wigginton A federal judge today granted former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook’s request to continue his July 15 trial on drug and firearm charges. Belleville attorney Thomas Q. Keefe III...
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Peel files motion to recall previous 7th Circuit mandates in his case
Peel In his ongoing fight to get his prison sentence changed, former Madison County attorney Gary Peel has filed a motion to recall a pair of previous rulings in his criminal case. Filed Tuesday with...
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Judge continues McGilvery’s trial until Sept. 16
A federal judge has continued the jury trial of an accused heroin dealer with ties to a former St. Clair County judge facing drug and firearm charges. U.S. District Judge Michael Reagan on Wednesday...
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Supreme Court suspends Cook from practice of law on interim basis
Former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook has been suspended from the practice of law on an interim basis as a result of his federal drug and firearm charges. The Illinois Supreme Court...
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Teen suing over FOID Card denial seeks summary judgment
An 18-year-old suing over the denial of her Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) Card application has asked a federal judge to grant her summary judgment. Filed last month, Tempest Horsley’s motion for...
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District Judge Stiehl sued over 2011 auto accident in Belleville
Gunn U.S. District Judge William D. Stiehl is being sued in St. Clair County Circuit Court by a man who claims Stiehl failed to obey a stop sign. Amos C. Mosby Jr. claims he was driving a 2002 Infiniti...
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Status conference set in auto accident involving District Judge Stiehl
Collignon Gunn St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert LeChien has set a mandatory status conference in a case alleging U.S. District Judge William D. Stiehl did not obey a stop sign, causing a...
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Judge delays Cook’s trial on drug and weapons charges until Dec. 9
McDade EAST ST. LOUIS– U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade granted former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook a delay in his heroin possession trial from Oct. 1 to Dec. 9. “The Court finds...
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Stiehl denies allegations in auto accident lawsuit
David Berwin U.S. District Judge William D. Stiehl is denying allegations brought against him in an auto collision lawsuit, asking that the case be dismissed. According to the complaint filed on Aug....
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One-year anniversary of Judge Christ’s cocaine death; Agents suspected drug...
Cook One year ago today, as judge and heroin user, Michael Cook presided over a murder trial less compelling than his own circumstances. Everyone within the St. Clair County legal community knew that...
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