Attorneys: Melissa A. Wentling (Public Defender) (Appellant) --- James D. Smith (Attorney General’s Office)
Civil: Postconviction
Proceedings below: The district court denied Appellant’s request for appointment of counsel and an evidentiary hearing on his motion for postconviction relief.
S-12-0812, Micheal E. individually and on behalf of Avalyn J. (Appellant) v. State of Nebraska, Department of Health and Human Services, Joshua McDougall, Sara Jelinek, Kim Hubbard, Lesa Kechley, Susan Larson, Kim Zueter, Individually and in their official capacities
Douglas County, Judge Joseph S. Troia
Attorneys: Amy Sherman (Sherman & Gilner PCLLO) (Appellant) --- John M. Baker (Special Assistant Attorney General)
Attorneys: Pro Se Appellant --- Kimberly Klein, Attorney General’s Office
Civil: Smith appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief under the new one-year statute of limitations under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3001(4)(e).
Attorneys: Thomas J. Garvey (Appellant) --- George R. Love (Attorney General’s Office)
Civil: Postconviction: life sentence
Proceedings below: The trial court denied Appellant’s request for an evidentiary hearing and denied his motion for postconviction relief.
Issues: The trial court erred in (1) ruling that Appellant should not be granted an evidentiary hearing; (2) denying his motion for postconviction relief.
S-12-0346, 12-0347 (consolidated) Robert B. Reynolds (Petitioner/Appellant) v. Keith County Board of Equalization
Tax Equalization and Review Commission
Attorneys: Michael D. Samuelson, Robert B. Reynolds (McGinley O’Donnell Reynolds & Korth PCLLO)(for Petitioner) --- Randy C. Fair (Dudden Fair PCLLO) (for Keith County Board of Equalization)
S-12-755, State of Nebraska v. Patrick W. Vanderpool (Appellant)
Douglas County—Judge James T. Gleason
Attorneys: Jon Bruning, Attorney General and Erin E. Tangeman, Assistant Attorney General --- Thomas C. Riley, Douglas County Public Defender and Kelly M. Steenbock, Assistant Public Defender (Appellant)