Habeas Corpus Law
 
Larry Smith v. Wayne County, Michigan, Robert J. Donaldson

Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

After prosecutors agreed to have his murder conviction thrown
out, Larry Smith sued Wayne County and Robert Donaldson. Smith claims that his conviction
resulted from an elaborate scheme designed by police and prosecutors to elicit false testimony
from jailhouse infor... More...
   $0 (08-05-2025 - MI)

Chunming Wang v. Estela Derr, et al.

Honolulu, Hawaii immigration law lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas to release INS detainee.... More...   $0 (07-29-2025 - HI)

Ex Aparte Jesus Alfredo Garcia Castillo

Brackettsville, Texas criminal defense lawyer repreented the Defendant charged with arrested and charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass.

To establish a prima facie case of "selective prosecution or selective enforcement, the claimant must prove with 'exceptionally clear evidence' that: 1. The prosecutorial policy had a discriminatory effect; and 2. it was motivated by a discriminato... More...
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State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Lee Hill

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The incident at issue here occurred at a subsidized senior living apartment building in Minneapolis on May 11, 2020. Hill entered the lobby at around noon and asked a building employee, M.K., for a rent application. M.K. recognized Hill, who had visited the apartme... More...
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Pedro Hernandez v. Donita McIntosh

New York, New York civil rights lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Pedro Hernandez, a New York State (“State”) prisoner convicted of murder and kidnapping, petitioned the United States District for the Southern District of New York (McMahon, J.) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition, Hernandez contended that an i... More...
   $0 (07-21-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Charlie Ruben Ortiz-Lopez, Mauricio Rivera-Medina

Houston, TX criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the country.

Southern District of Texas charges 238 this week alone in relation to border enforcement efforts


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Antoine Johnson v. United States of America

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking the vacation of a sentenced pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255, which provides:

(a) A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, or that the c... More...
   $0 (07-10-2025 - UT)

David M. Smith v. Cynthia Davis

Cleveland, Ohio civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeaus corpus.

A jury convicted David Smith in state court of attempted murder and other crimes based on the victim’s identification of Smith as her assailant. We later determined the state violated Smith’s due process rights because the victim’s identification was obtained through unduly suggestive mea... More...
   $0 (07-03-2025 - )

Gregory Johnson v. Superior Court

Tolland, Connecticut civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed his due process rights were violation.

In this writ of error, the plaintiff inerror, Gregory Johnson (plaintiff), challenges his con-viction of three counts of criminal contempt for conducthe engaged in during his habeas trial. The plaintiff claimsthat the trial court1deprived him of his right to dueprocess und... More...
   $0 (06-20-2025 - CT)

Michael Williams v. Michael Meisner

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

A Wisconsin jury convicted Michael Williams of reckless homicide and possession of a firearm as
a convicted felon. He appealed his convictions to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, contending that one of the jury instructions unconstitutionally lowered the government’s burden of proo... More...
   $0 (06-17-2025 - WI)

Curtis L. Walker v. Dan Cromwell

Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking postconviction relief.

Curtis Walker has served 30 years of his life sentence for a murder that he committed when
he was 17 years old. The state trial judge in Walker’s case exercised the discretion conferred upon him by Wisconsin law
to set Walker’s parole eligibility date for 2071. Walker will notbe... More...
   $0 (06-16-2025 - WI)

Mario Lalama Gomez v. MDC Brooklyn Warden

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

On November 14, 2017, a school in Ecuador notified local authorities after a ten-year-old student reported that her mother’s former partner, Lalama Gomez, had sexually abused her. This abuse began in August 2016, approximately two months after Lalama Gomez began living with the victim... More...
   $0 (06-12-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Isaac Riojas

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substance and unlawful transportation of a firearm.

At approximately 2:00 a.m. on September 10, 2020, Corpus Christi
Police Officers Perez and Alfaro stopped Isaac Riojas after observing him roll
through a stop sign. Riojas was known to the officers from prior
investigations.... More...
   $0 (06-04-2025 - TX)

A.A.R.P., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the Untied States, et al.

The President has invoked the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), Rev. Stat. §4067, 50 U. S. C. §21, to remove Venezuelan nationals who are members of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a designated foreign terrorist organization. See Presidential Proclamation No. 10903, 90 Fed. Reg. 13033 (2025). Applicants are two detainees identified as members of TdA and a putative class of similarly situated detainees in the North... More...   $0 (05-16-2025 - DC)

Mohsen Mahawi v. Donald J. Trump, et al.

Concord, Vermont civil rights lawyers representing Plaintiff challenging arrest and detention.

Mohsen Mahdawi is an undergraduate student at Columbia University. He is also a Lawful Permanent Resident who has lived in the United States for over a decade and is in the process of applying to become a U.S. citizen. When Mahdawi appeared for his naturalization interview in Vermont on April 14... More...
   $0 (05-12-2025 - vt)

Allen R. Walker v. United States of America

Nashville, Tennessee civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.

"An Oklahoma jury convicted Mica Martinez of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. He now seeks federal habeas relief, contending that (1) his appellate counsel ineffectively chose not to raise a claim of trial counsel's ineffective investigation of and presentation of testimony from Martine... More...
   $0 (04-16-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Edwin Geovanny Parada-Granados, Nicolas Alberto Hernandez-Lopez

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with immigration and border security

Fatal human smuggling case and two alleged MS-13 members among those charged in relation to immigration and border security



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   $0 (04-04-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Randy Platt

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting a federal officer.

The Defendant was found guilty and then filed a federa habeas petition to vacate, set-aside, or correct his sentenced pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

A petition under § 2255 must be timely filed. Subsection (f) imposes a one-year limitation period. § 2255(f). Relevant he... More...
   $0 (04-01-2025 - CO)

State of Tennessee v. Paul Clifford Moore, Jr.

Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder.

In July 2012, Petitioner was indicted for three counts of first degree murder for the shooting deaths of his wife, his wife's sister, and his wife's paramour. State v. Moore, No. E2015-00585-CCA-R3-CD, 2016 WL 2865759, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. May 12, 2016), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Sep... More...
   $0 (04-01-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Francisco Raymundo Dominguez-Sanchez

Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully returning to U.S. again

9-time illegal alien offender admits to unlawfully returning to U.S. again



A 33-year-old Mexican national has plead... More...
   $0 (03-28-2025 - TX)

Tavarreon Dickerson v. Mark Bowen

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a Writ of Habeas Corpus.... More...   $0 (03-24-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. George Gomez, a/k/a "Quick"

Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine

Gang member who coordinated drug deals from state prison sentenced to federal prison



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   $0 (03-21-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Justin Tafolla

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant
Petitioning for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State).


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George Edward Clark and Kevin Harrington v. Anthony Abdallah and Kevin Smith

Justice Went To Hell in Detroit, Michigan George Edward Clark and Kevin Harrington were wrongfully convicted of a murder that they did not commit.

This § 1983 case concerns alleged constitutional violations in the investigation and prosecution of George Clark and Kevin Harrington. Clark and Harrington spent nearly two decades in prison before the Wayne County Prosecution Integrity Unit d... More...
   $0 (03-14-2025 - MI)

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