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Joseph Heid v. Mark Rutkoski and Forrest Best
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Orlando, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 use of unreasonable force in violation of the Fourth Amendment theory.
On the evening of April 26, 2016, Heid, his wife, and their
roommate were drinking alcohol at their home. Heid’s daughter
and stepson were also at the home. Around 9:00 PM, Heid and his
wife go
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Joe R. Whatley, Jr. v. Canadian Pacific Railroad Company; Soo Line Railroad Company
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Fargo, North Dakota personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on multiple wrongful death claims.
On June 29, 2013, a Canadian Pacific train carrying crude oil left New Town,
North Dakota, bound for an oil refinery in New Brunswick, Canada. World Fuel
Entities (“WFE”) was the shipper. Canadian Pacific transported the cars as far as
Quebec and then turned them over t
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Susan Davenport, et al. v. City of Little Rock, et al.
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Little Rock, Arkansas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on a civil rights violation claim.
On September 1, 2016, law enforcement officers conducted narcotics raids1
at a home and shop located on the same piece of property in Pulaski County,
Arkansas. Officers found contraband in both locations, and, during the raid of the
shop, an officer shot and injured a ma
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Marissa Darlingh v. Adria Maddaleni, et al.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful termination theory.
Marissa Darlingh was employed as a guidance counselor at an elementary school in the Milwaukee Public School District. In April 2022 she attended a rally at the state capitol in Madison featuring “radical feminist” critiques of the transgender-rights movement. There she deliv
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United States of America v. Deangelus Thomas
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Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with on two counts of being
a felon in possession under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) for his role in a shooting.
Thomas maintained that he could not be sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). Because he had never been indicted for it, and the jury had not found the essenti
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United States of America v. Montreal Leonard Burnett
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Amarillo, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) is a federal law that prohibits individuals convicted of felonies from possessing firearms. Specifically, it makes it unlawful for any person "who has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding on
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United States of America v. Steven Daniel Weste
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San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking and making threats of injury in interstate communications.
Steven Daniel Weste was convicted for cyberstalking and sending threatening interstate communications.He filed a motion to suppress, contending that the warrantless search of his cell phone while in a halfway house violated the Fourth A
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Shawn Alan Moody v. Eileen Bridge Moody
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Rockville, Maryland family law lawyers represented the parties in divorce.
The parties were married on August 18, 2001. At the time of the trial in 2023, Wife was 55 years old, and Husband was 57 years old.
Four children were born as a result of the marriage. At the time of the trial, the oldest child (born in 2003) was a college student. The second child was born in 2005, the t
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Joel Aaron Burrell v. S. Shirley, Correctional Officer, et al.
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Alexandria, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights claim.
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, federal courts may permit an indigent prisoner to proceed without prepaying filing fees or giving security. The legal term for proceeding this way is in forma pauperis. But Congress expressed concern that prisoners were filing many “frivolous lawsuits floodin
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John F. Johnson and Yolanda Johnson v. Town of Greece, et al.
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Rochester, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights violation claim.
42 U.S.C. § 1983, often referred to as Section 1983, is a federal law that allows individuals to sue state and local government officials for civil rights violations. It's a crucial tool for holding these officials accountable when they violate a person's constitutional rights
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SeanPaul Reyes v. City of New York
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New York City, New York civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking an injunction against enforcement of a police policy.
SeanPaul Reyes an injunction enjoining the inforcement of that part of a City Police Department policy forbidding video recording in police facilities under pain of arrest. Reyes claimed that the enforcement of the policy violates the First Amendment to the U
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United States of America v. Andrew Ewing
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Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count t of knowing
possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2).
A grand jury charged Andrew Ewing with a single count of knowing possession of child pornography that involved a prepubescent minor and a minor who had not attained 12 years of age in violation o
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Jamie Cunningham v. Cobb County, Georgia, et al.
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Savannah, Georgia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that he civil rights were violation through the use of excessive force.
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In July 2020, Jamie Cunningham burglarized a car dealership in Cobb County, Georgia, and fled the scene. Cobb County police officers chased after him and used physical force to handcuff and arrest him. Following his arrest, C
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United States of America v. Matthew A. Zayas
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Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of money laundering and one count of causing or attempting to cause a domestic financial institution to fail to file a currency transaction report under 31 U.S.C. § 5324(a)(1).
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The Fifth Amendment provides that “[n]o person shall be
held to answer for a . . . crime, unless on
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Michelle Nguyen, et al. v. Rob Bonta and Allison Mendoza
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San Diego, California civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Second Amendment violation theory.
California has a “one-gun-a-month” law that prohibits most people from buying more than one firearm in a 30-day period.
The California Legislature enacted the one-gun-a-month law in 1999. Originally, it was focused on concealable handguns: “No person shall m
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Michael Delany v. City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, at al.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on excessive force civil rights violation theores.
Officer Russell shot Delany when Delany drove away during a traffic stop.
"The shooting happened in March 2020, when Officer Aaron Russell responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle with a man inside at 28th and Pittsburg in Tulsa.
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Jesus Zambrano v. City of Joliet and Patrick Schumacher
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Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theory.
Jesus Zambrano was convicted of
first-degree murder in an Illinois state court in August 2013,
but on appeal the Illinois Appellate Court agreed that the trial
court erred in failing to give a jury instruction on accomplice
liability. A second trial ensued in which
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United States of America v. Paul D. Turner
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Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking, onspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base (Crack), Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon.
Paul Turner pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and firearms charges. Because he continued to sell cocaine while out on bond and refused to take responsibility for his violent p
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Luis Antonio Martinez, et al. v. Wayne County, Michigan, et al.
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Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theories.
Luis Martinez Jr. died in February 2021 and the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office (WCMEO) took control of his body. The WCMEO found his next of kin but inexplicably did not contact them. Meanwhile, the family hired a social worker to find out what happened to Luis Jr.
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Gerald Novak; Adam Wenzel v. William L. Federspiel
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Bay City, Michigan personal injury lawyers presented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories claiming hey own fourteen firearmsseized in a criminal investigation that ended years ago.
Sheriff William Federspiel refused to turn the firearms over to Novak and Wenzel because he contends they have not proven that they own them. So they sued Federspiel under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
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Micayla Augustyn v. Wall Township Board of Education
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Princeton, New Jersey civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a education law violation theory.
For all the years Augustyn attended Wall High School, she was eligible for and received special education services pursuant to an individualized education plan (IEP) that provided for a variety of accommodations, including additional time to complete tests and homework assignments wit
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Martha Stringer and Pual Stringer v. County of Bucks, et al.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania personal Injury lawyers represented the plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.
In spring 2020, Plaintiffs Martha and Paul Stringer received news that any parent would dread: Their daughter,
Kimberly, who had long struggled with severe mental illness, had been detained after an altercation with a neighbor and was being mistreated by the staff of the Buc
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United States of America v. Manuel A. Padilla
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry
Honduran National Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Illegal Reentry
Manuel A. Padilla, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathan
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United States of America v. Manuel A. Padilla
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
Honduran National Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Illegal Reentry
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Samuel Scott, Jr. v. City of Miami, et al.
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Miami, Florida civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff claiming ultiple claims against Officers Guzman,
Bloom, Hernandez, and Carriel in their individual capacities and against the City of Miami.1 Scott sued under the Fourth amendment for unreasonable seizure against all of the officers and unreasonable search against Officer Hernandez pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, along with filing sta
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