Immigration Law
 
Emanuel Luzardo Bermudez v. DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review

Lafayette, Louisiana, immigration lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Freedom of Information Act violation theory.

In 2021, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) initiated removal proceedings against Bermudez. During those proceedings, Bermudez filed a FOIA request for his Record of Proceedings (ROP). On June 17, 2021, EOIR sent Bermudez’s counsel an email acknowledg

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United States of America v. Thomas L. Horton

Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with escaping from custody in violation of 18 U.S. C. 741.


18 U.S.C. § 751(a) sets forth a penalty of up to 5 years imprisonment and/or a fine under Title 18 for escape or an attempt to escape on a felony or conviction on any offense, and one year confinement and/or a fine under Title 18 for esca

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United States of America v.

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Soliciting Others to Murder ICE Agents

An illegal alien from Mexico was arrested Tuesday for soliciting others to kill ICE agents in a TikTok post on October 9, 2025, announced Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy E. Larson.


According to court records, Eduardo Agu

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United States of America v. James L. Hattten, II

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor in violation of 18 U.S. 1591.

Federal and state laws treat
trafficking a minor as a severe felony, defining a minor as anyone under the age of 18. A key component of these laws is that a minor cannot legally consent to commercial sex acts or forced labor, meaning prosecutors do not

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United States of America v. Sean Charles Dunn

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with assaulting an ICE officer by throwing a subway sandwich at the officer.

Sean Charles Dunn called federal officers racists and fascists. He thought they were about to do an immigration raid at a gay nightclub on Latin Night. He then threw his sandwich at Gregory Lairmore. The sandwich apparently touched the off

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United States of America v. Jose Urena-Capellan

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Offense

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Urena-Capellan, age 40, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a drug trafficking offense.

According to Acting United States Attorney John

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United States of America v. Jose Urena-Capellan

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Offense

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Urena-Capellan, age 40, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a drug trafficking offense.

According to Acting United States Attorney Joh

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United States of America v. Kevin Barco

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Loaded Firearm.

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division; and Hartford Police Chief James C. Rovella today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an in

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United States of America v. Undray Lamond Lowery

Montgomery, Ala criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after previously having been deported.

Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced today that a Greenville, Alabama, man has been sentenced to federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. On September 23, 2025, a federal judge ordered that 41-ye

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United States of America v. Oscar Guillen Orellana

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after previously having been deported.

A Honduran national was sentenced today to 8 months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after previously having been deported.

According to court documents, Oscar Guillen Orellana, 60, was arrested by Foley P

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United States of America v. Ernest L. Thomas II

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.

Ernest L. Thomas II, 35, of Pensacola, was indicted by a federal grand jury this week charging him with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced

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United States of America v. Mitchell Lee Keene

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Escape from Federal Custody.

(a) Whoever escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized representative, or from any institution or facility in which he is confined by direction of the Attorney General, or from any custody under or by virtue of any process issued under

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Iowa Migrant Movement of Justice, et al. v. Brenna Bird,n her official capacity as Attorney General of Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who used on a Constitutional law violation theory.

Iowa, in Senate File 2340, criminalized the presence within its boundaries of aliens who illegally reentered the United States. Aliens violating this Act are ordered to return to the country they reentered from. The Act forbids judges from abating a state prosecution due to

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United States of America v. Eileen Marie Hurley

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person and for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.

Eileen Marie Hurley, 71, of Sheridan, Wyoming, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison with one year of supervised release for transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person and for

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United States of America v. Robert Morris

Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Shooting Federal Officer During Execution of Search Warrant and Sixteen-Hour Armed Standoff.

Acting United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Robert Morris, 49, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint yesterday with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous w

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United States of America v. Leobardo Ricardo Torres-Torres

Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry.

A Mexican man who was in the United States illegally was sentenced yesterday to a term of time-served and remanded to the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.

Leobardo Ricardo Torres-Torres, 38, pleaded guilty in April 2025 to illegal reentry.

The government

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United States of America v. Temika Gardner

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault on a Federal Officer.

Temika Gardner, 40, of Portland, made her first appearance in federal court after being charged by criminal complaint with assaulting a federal officer.

On October 23, 2025, Gardner was near the vehicle of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deportation Officers after the

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United States of America v. Carlitos Ricardo Parias

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on a federal officer.

A Mexican national living illegally in the United States was charged today in a federal criminal complaint with ramming law enforcement vehicles in an attempt to dislodge his car during an immigration arrest, in an incident in which both defendant and a deputy U.S. marshal

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Inve

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United States of America v. Robert Morris

Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Acting United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Robert Morris, 49, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint yesterday with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm and am

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United States of America v. Randell Lee Proctor

Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a person convicted of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9).



(g) It shall be unlawful for any person--

(1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one ye

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United States of America v. Amanda Acosta

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in South Dakota.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a woman from Prairie Village, Kansas, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place

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United States of America v. Jericho James Ladeaux

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

Jerich

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United States of America v. James Daniel Lathrop

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.


Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

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