Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Omar Stephenson, 32, a Jamaican-born man living in Snellville, Georgia, was charged, along with four co-defendants who have been charged, in connection with a lottery fraud scheme.

Starting in 2015 through mid-2019, Stephenson participated in a scheme where Jamaican-... More...    $0 (04-29-2021 - AZ)

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with defrauding the United States.

Kevin Cummings, 51, of Tucson, Arizona, was charged with providing a False Statement Related to Social Security.

“Yet another example of someone trying to defraud the system, this time stealing benefits intended for the disabled,” said United States Attorney Michael Bailey. “T... More...    $0 (10-09-2020 - AZ)

A U.S. Border Patrol agent standing on American soil
shot and killed a teenage Mexican citizen who was walking
down a street in Mexico. We address whether that agent has

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qualified immunity and whether he can be sued for violating
the Fourth Amendment. Based on the facts alleged in the
complaint, we hold that the agent violated a clearly
e... More...    $0 (08-09-2018 - AZ)

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is charged with providing secure and reliable delivery of the mails to “bind the Nation together” through the “correspondence of the people.” 39 U.S.C. § 101. Robertson worked as a USPS letter carrier assigned to the USPS Arcadia Station in Phoenix, Arizona. This case began when the USPS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) began receiving complaints from c... More...    $0 (07-27-2018 - AZ)

¶1 Grady’s Quality Excavating, Inc. (“Grady’s Excavating”)
appeals from a superior court judgment entered in favor of Alliance
Streetworks, Inc. (“Alliance”) and American Specialty Insurance Company
on all counts, awarding Alliance attorney’s fees and costs, and denying
Grady’s Excavating’s Motion for New Trial and/or Additur.1
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶2 Grady’s Exc... More...    $0 (01-02-2018 - AZ)

¶1 Inna Arzumanova (“Wife”) appeals from the property and
debt allocation and the lack of a contempt ruling in the superior court’s
decree of dissolution. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand
for further proceedings consistent with this decision regarding the property
and debt allocation. We treat the appeal as a special action regarding the
contempt issue, see Hend... More...    $0 (01-23-2018 - AZ)

The credit-as-true analysis has evolved in our circuit over
time, thus providing a challenge for application by the district
court. The rule itself permits, but does not require, a direct
award of benefits on review but only where the administrative
law judge (ALJ) has not provided sufficient reasoning for
rejecting testimony and there are no outstanding issues on
which fur... More...    $0 (01-29-2018 - AZ)

The Department of the Interior (“Interior” or “the
Secretary”) oversees the control, storage, and delivery to the
Western states of the waters of the Colorado River. In most
years, each state in the Colorado River Basin receives a fixed
amount of water from the river; in “surplus” and “shortage”
years, that amount changes. In the face of unprecedented
drought and ever-incre... More...    $0 (12-04-2017 - AZ)

Phoenix, AZ - Members of International Bank Fraud Ring Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Scheme

Four members of an international fraud syndicate have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with their scheme to manufacture and use fraudulent credit cards using the personally identifiable information of US-based indivi... More...    $0 (11-09-2017 - AZ)

The credit-as-true analysis has evolved in our circuit over
time, thus providing a challenge for application by the district
court. The rule itself permits, but does not require, a direct
award of benefits on review but only where the administrative
law judge (ALJ) has not provided sufficient reasoning for
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rejecting testimony and there are no outstanding... More...    $0 (11-09-2017 - AZ)

¶1 Appellant Swann’s Grading, Inc. (“Swann’s”) challenges the
trial court’s judgment obligating it to indemnify Appellee Amberwood
Development, Inc. (“Amberwood”) for damages stemming from a series of
construction defect claims. Swann’s also challenges the trial court’s defense
costs and attorneys’ fees awards. We affirm for the reasons set forth below.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HIS... More...    $0 (02-23-2017 - AZ)

Tucson, AZ - Bowie Man Sentenced for Illegally Removing Artifacts from Prehistoric Native American Site

David James Ioli, 69, of Bowie, Ariz., was sentenced today by U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Thomas Ferraro to five years of probation and ordered to pay over $8,000 to the Bureau of Land Management after previously pleading guilty to unlawfully removing ancient Native American artifacts fro... More...    $0 (08-07-2016 - AZ)

Flagastaff, AZ - Golden Valley Woman Sentenced For Mail Theft in Mohave County

Nicole Leigh Davis, 35, of Golden Valley, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 12 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Davis previously pleaded guilty to one count of felony possession of stolen mail.

The investigation was initi... More...    $0 (04-13-2016 - AZ)

On December 13, 2012, a jury convicted Ibrahim Fahab
Bare—a non-Indian who lives on tribal land with his
common-law wife—of two counts of being a felon in
possession of a firearm. Bare challenges his 4-level
sentencing enhancement for his use of a firearm in connection
with another felony offense, as well as his condition of
supervised release permitting searches of his com... More...    $0 (11-24-2015 - AZ)

Xcentric Ventures appeals the district court’s grant of
summary judgment and judgment on the pleadings in favor of
defendants Mobrez and Llaneras and Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal
of defendant Borodkin in Xcentric’s malicious prosecution
action. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291

XCENTRIC VENTURES 4 V. BORODKIN

and review de novo. We agree with the distri... More...    $0 (08-25-2015 - AZ)

We are asked to decide whether the United States may be
held liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for the offreservation
actions of two tribal police officers.
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I
A
On October 19, 2006, at approximately 5:00 p.m.,
Detective Michael Lancaster and Sergeant Hilario
Tanakeyowma (the “Officers�), two tribal police officers
employed by ... More...    $0 (12-08-2014 - AZ)

PHOENIX, AZ – U.S. District Court Judge Neil V. Wake presided over the sentencing of 14 defendants, including Daniel Lewis “Dannyâ€� Hendon, 64, of Paradise Valley, Ariz., who once served as managers or supervisors of Danny’s Family Car Wash (“DFCâ€�), a prominent chain of local car washes. All of the defendants previously pleaded guilty to the felony offense of conspiracy to commit ident... More...    $0 (11-21-2014 - AZ)

WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for mortgage fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. He also was ordered to pay more than $250,000 in restitution.

Manjur Alam, 47, Wichita, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. In his plea, he admitted he led co-conspirators in a scheme to submit mortgage loa... More...    $0 (08-14-2014 - AZ)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
(“MERS�), a subsidiary of MERSCORP, Inc., operates an
electronic mortgage registration system (“the MERS
System�). MERS is distinct from the MERS System. The
MERS System is a private electronic database that records the
ownership of and servicing rights in home loans. Various
financial institutions are members of the ME... More...    $0 (06-12-2014 - AZ)

¶1 Donald B., Jr. (Juvenile) appeals his adjudication of
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delinquency on one count of burglary in the third degree and one
count of criminal damage. For the following reasons, we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶2 On March 11, 2011, the owner (Owner) of Meadview
Hardware Store (Store) arrived at the Store around 5:00 a.m.
Owner noticed significant damage to... More...    $0 (05-21-2013 - AZ)

¶1 This appeal arises out of Wells Fargo’s lawsuit for the balance due on a line of credit it extended to the Brewers secured by a deed of trust on the Brewers’ former home. The
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Brewers argue that the anti-deficiency statutes prevent them from being sued directly on the debt. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Wells Fargo, finding the anti-deficiency statutes did n... More...    $0 (05-21-2013 - AZ)

¶1 Plaintiff-Appellant Anixter, Inc. (“Anixter�) appeals from the trial court’s judgment confirming an arbitration award in favor of Raytheon Company (“Raytheon�) and the denial of Anixter’s motion to vacate the award. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and modify in part.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY1

¶2 Anixter, a parts distributor, supplies parts to manuf... More...    $0 (04-22-2013 - AZ)

The central figure in this case, Eric Vogel, suffered from mental illness. Our system of laws is administered by rational human beings. It has always been a challenge to the legal system to interact with the irrational.

Yvon Wagner, as the personal representative of the estate of her brother, Eric Vogel, appeals the judgment of the district court in favor of the defendants, County of Marico... More...    $0 (02-13-2013 - AZ)

¶1 Arizona’s Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Act (UMA), A.R.S. § 20-259.01 (2002 & Supp. 2011), requires all insurers writing motor vehicle liability policies to also offer underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage that “extends to and covers all persons insured under the policy.â€� § 20-259.01(B). UIM coverage applies when an insured’s total damages exceed all applicable liability limits, sub... More...    $0 (05-31-2012 - AZ)

Leah A. Bilyeu appeals the district court’s dismissal of her claim challenging the termination of her long-term disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132. Bilyeu also challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of First Unum Life Insurance Company (Unum) on Unum’s counterclaim for restitution of overpaid be... More...    $0 (06-20-2012 - az)

¶1 The appeal in this wrongful death case requires us to employ choice-of-law principles to determine whether the substantive law of Arizona or New Mexico applies. If we agree with the trial court that New Mexico law applies, we then must decide whether the court properly applied New Mexico’s statute of repose to find that suit is barred against Appellees. For the reasons that follow, we affirm... More...    $0 (04-17-2012 - AZ)

¶1 The issue presented is whether wrongful death claimants whose trial testimony on damages is uncontroverted, but who receive a jury verdict awarding zero damages, are entitled to a new trial on damages as a matter of law. We hold that a jury may award no compensation in these circumstances if it deems that award to be fair and just. Although a new trial is not automatically required, the trial ... More...    $0 (04-12-2012 - AZ)

Yvon Wagner, as the personal representative of the estate of her brother, Eric Vogel, appeals the judgment of the district court in favor of the defendants, County of Maricopa and Joseph Arpaio. We reverse the judgment and remand for a new trial.

FACTS Eric Vogel was born on December 21, 1964. By the age of six, he was showing signs of potential illness. His parents withdrew him from school... More...    $0 (03-07-2012 - AZ)

The State of Arizona appeals the district court’s order granting a preliminary injunction to prevent a state law from taking effect that would have terminated eligibility for healthcare benefits of state employees’ same-sex partners. In a published opinion, the district court found that the plaintiffs demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits, because they showed that the law adversel... More...    $0 (09-06-2011 - AZ)

¶1 Defendant, James Henry, appeals the trial court’s ruling that Plaintiff, Paul Oliver, experienced an actual and provable financial loss for diminished value of his automobile after an accident, despite the fact that Oliver did not sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of the automobile. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2 The material facts are uncontested: In October 2008, Oliver purchas... More...    $0 (07-28-2011 - AZ)

¶1 Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland (“Fidelityâ€�) sued Bondwriter Southwest, Inc., David Sparks, and Katherine Stanton (collectively “Bondwriterâ€�) for breach of contract and negligence. After a three-day bench trial, the court ruled in Fidelity’s favor on both claims and found Fidelity sustained damages in excess of $511,000. The court also concluded that Bondwriter was only five... More...    $0 (07-28-2011 - AZ)

¶1 Plaintiff, Aaron Engler, appeals the summary judgment entered in favor of Defendant, Gulf Interstate Engineering, Inc. (“Gulfâ€�). Engler was injured when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a vehicle driven by Ian Gray, a Gulf employee. Engler filed suit against Gray and Gulf, alleging in part that at the time of the accident, Gray was acting within the course and scope of his employ... More...    $0 (08-09-2011 - AZ)