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Abstract: 

This issue reviews three legal proceedings. Parolee Rojas challenges the laboratory findings when he is found in violation of the conditions of his release by testing positive for cocaine during a sweat test; The federal district court denies inmate Love’s motion to recruit an attorney on his behalf as Love seems capable of handling his civil case (in addition to handling other past civil cases by himself) and had provided no evidence of trying to obtain legal counsel on his own. A man challenges his sentence and more specifically, 2 special conditions involving restitution and requirement to pay for a portion of his court-ordered substance abuse treatment and drug testing which the appellate court agrees is inconsistent with previous findings regarding Hinds’ indigence.

Keywords: United States v. Rojas, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 16512 (2d Cir. Aug. 27, 2014); Love v. Clarke, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 7763 (7th Cir. Apr. 25, 2014); United States v. Hinds, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 20651 (7th Cir. Oct. 27, 2014)

Affiliations:  1: Pace University School of Law Library.