Transcript in Last Zane Seipler Wrongful Termination Court Hearing – Part 6

December 24th, McHenry County Blog ran the first part of the December 15, 2010, transcript of a Rockford hearing before Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney. December 25th, the second part was published with the third installment published Sunday. Part 4 went … Continue reading

Transcript in Last Zane Seipler Wrongful Termination Court Hearing – Part 5

December 24th, McHenry County Blog ran the first part of the December 15, 2010, transcript of a Rockford hearing before Magistrate P. Michael Mahone. December 25th, the second part was published with the third installment published Sunday. Part 4 went … Continue reading

Where’s the Beef?

As McHenry County Blog has been running what was said in Rockford Federal Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney’s courtroom on December 15th, some are probably wondering when they will be able to read the transcript of McHenry County Deputy Sheriff Scott … Continue reading

Transcript in Last Zane Seipler Wrongful Termination Court Hearing – Part 4

December 24th, McHenry County Blog ran the first part of the December 15, 2010, transcript of a Rockford hearing before Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney. December 25th, the second part was published with the third installment published yesterday. This is part … Continue reading

Transcript in Last Zane Seipler Wrongful Termination Court Hearing – Part 3

December 24th, McHenry County Blog ran the first part of the December 15, 2010, transcript of a Rockford hearing before Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney. December 25th, the second part was published. This is part 3. The underlying case is one … Continue reading

Transcript in Last Zane Seipler Wrongful Termination Court Hearing – Part 2

Transcript in Last Zane Seipler Wrongful Termination Court Hearing – Part 2 Yesterday, McHenry County Blog ran the first part of the December 15, 2010, transcript of a Rockford hearing before Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney. Today, you can read the … Continue reading

Transcript in Last Zane Seipler Wrongful Termination Court Hearing – Part 1

McHenry County Blog sat though the Rockford hearing before Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney a week ago on December 15, 2010. While I took notes, I thought it best to wait until I could obtain a copy of the transcript of … Continue reading

Arguments State’s Attorney’s Office Making to Ward Off Special Prosecutor for Sheriff

Thought you might be in for some heavy reading this morning. Yesterday, Judge Thomas Meyer put off until January Zane Seipler’s case against McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren which charges he used his office for political purposes. You will remember … Continue reading

Sheriff’s Spreadsheet of Tickets Issued Doesn’t Match Tickets in File

Zane Seipler’s attorney Black Horwitz was in the Rockford Federal Courthouse yesterday afternoon pursuing evidence in his case of wrongful termination. Representing Sheriff Keith Nygren was James Sotos. Horwitz talked of a spreadsheet of tickets issued by officers. Sotos pointed … Continue reading

A Day in Zane Seipler’s Court Case Against Sheriff Keith Nygren – Part 4

Last Friday’s court interchange in Federal Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney’s Rockford courtroom concludes today with talk of a protective order. This is the last installment of what happened last Friday in Zane Seipler’s wrongful termination lawsuit. “We believe he (Sgt. … Continue reading

A Day in Zane Seipler’s Court Case Against Sheriff Keith Nygren – Part 3

Part 1 and Part 2 of my day in Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney’s Rockford courtroom last Friday have run previously. The attorney representing three deputies involved in the Pavlin court case sought to have his clients exempted from deposition questioning … Continue reading

A Day in Zane Seipler’s Court Case Against Sheriff Keith Nygren – Part 2

Yesterday, I related the first part of what I saw in Federal Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney’s Rockford courtroom last Friday. We ended with the attorney for Sheriff’s Deputies Greg Pyle, Chris Jones and Jeremy Bruketta trying to keep his clients, … Continue reading

A Day in Zane Seipler’s Court Case Against Sheriff Keith Nygren – Part 1

Intrigued by the suggestion that reporters might find something of interest in Federal Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney’s Rockford courtroom last Friday, I ventured west. I tired to figure out what magistrate’s do. A Chicago lawyer gave me a long, convoluted … Continue reading

Zane Seipler’s Attorney Blake Horwitz Calls on State’s Attorney to Stop Resisting Call for Special Prosecutor to Probe Whether Keith Nygren Used Office for Political Purposes

McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren’s GOP primary opponent Zane Seipler is seeking to have a special prosecutor named to investigate whether the Sheriff has used taxpayer dollars to advance his political campaigns. The hearing is September 28th. Today, Seipler’s attorney, … Continue reading

Seipler Suit Against Nygren Political Activity Not Dismissed

The suit against McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren by his primary opponent Zane Seipler for using the office for political purposes could have been dismissed this morning by Judge Thomas Meyer. But it wasn’t. On Monday, Seipler had received a … Continue reading

Discrimination Suit against McHenry County Sheriff’s Department Makes Fox TV

Blame my watching “24” tonight for having caught Fox News at 9 o’clock Sunday night. (And, don’t call between 7 and 9 Monday night!) Fox News reported about Zane Seipler’s suit claiming discrimination against Latinos is a regular occurrence in … Continue reading

Discrimination Suit against McHenry County Sheriff’s Department Makes Fox TV

Blame my watching “24” tonight for having caught Fox News at 9 o’clock Sunday night. (And, don’t call between 7 and 9 Monday night!) Fox News reported about Zane Seipler’s suit claiming discrimination against Latinos is a regular occurrence in … Continue reading

"Driving While Black" or "Profiling Caucasians?"

That is what just fired McHenry County Deputy Sheriff Zane Seipler is charging happens in McHenry County in his suit against Sheriff Keith Nygren and various other department employees. I found the story in the Northwest Herald yesterday and decided … Continue reading

"Driving While Black" or "Profiling Caucasians?"

That is what just fired McHenry County Deputy Sheriff Zane Seipler is charging happens in McHenry County in his suit against Sheriff Keith Nygren and various other department employees. I found the story in the Northwest Herald yesterday and decided … Continue reading