Prisoner Civil Rights Law
 
Ryan Morrison v. New York State Trooper Michael Strain, et al.

Syracuse, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

Ryan Morrison sued New York State Trooper Michael Strain and other law enforcement officers following Morrison's June 17, 2022, arrest. Morrison alleges false arrest, obstruction of governmental administration, and excessive force, stemming from an incident where officers responded to

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Reggie Caswell v. Donald G. Uhler, et al.

Syracuse, New York, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Plaintiff Reggie Caswell brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several employees of Upstate Correctional Facility ("Upstate C. F."): Superintendent Donald G. Uhler, Assistant Deputy Superintendent Denise E. Sauther, Lieutenant Thomas F. Quinn,

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Ramon Fontenez v. Helen of Troy, L.P.

New York, New York civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued ona Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.

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United States of America v. Janjer Enterprises, Inc.

White Plains, New York, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a sexual harassment job discrimination civil rights violation theory.

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United States of America v. David Cornejo Fernandez

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Spanish-Speaking US Consumers

A Peruvian national was sentenced yesterday to 80 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $3,000,000 in restitution for his participation in transnational fraud schemes that victimized vulnerable consumers in the U.S.

According to court documents, David Co

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United States of America v. Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.

Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha, 43, of Nigeria was extradited from the Republic of Poland and faces federal charges of engaging in a transnational criminal organization that operated an inheritance fraud scheme that cheated many American seniors out of their savings.

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United States of America v. Michael David Coberg

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit extortion and conspiracy against rights.

A former deputy and helicopter pilot with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) pleaded guilty today to federal conspiracy charges for helping a now-jailed, self-styled cryptocurrency businessman extort a rival and arrange the

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United States of America v. Ray Collins, Jocelyne Robledo, Paul Ivery, Dana Briggs, Hubert Mazur

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with forcibly resisting federal agents
Five individuals have been charged in federal court in Chicago with assaulting or forcibly resisting federal agents who were engaged in immigration enforcement operations in Broadview, Ill. over the weekend.

The defendants were among a crowd of people who descended in

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United States of America v. Kate Carson

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Parental Kidnapping

Kate Carson, 38, of Lewisburg, Tennessee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison today for international parental kidnapping, announced Robert E. McGuire, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.

“Protecting vulnerable children

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United States of America v. Kamal Khalid, Fnu Shahrukh

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy and conspiracy and securities fraud and odometer rollback scheme.

Chief Judge George L. Russell, III, sentenced Kamal Khalid, 44, of Pasadena, Maryland, to 36 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after he pled guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud stemmi

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United States of America v. Gabriel Cowan Metcalf

Billing, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violation of the Gun-Free School Zones Act, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(A),

Gabriel Cowan Metcalf lives in Billings, Montana,
across the street from a public elementary school. For
several days in August 2023—before the schoolyear
started—Metcalf patrolled outside his home with a shotgun,
incl

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Christina St. Clair v. County of Okanogan and Isaiah Holloway

Spokane, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory
under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Christina St. Clair brough claims against Okanogan County Sheriff Deputy Isaiah Holloway and his employer, Okanogan County, based on Holloway’s sexual misconduct. St. Clair alleges constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a violation of the Washington

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Sherry H. Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center, et al.

Portland, Oregon, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an employment discrimination theory.

Sherry M. Detwiler worked as a Privacy Officer and the Director of Health Information for Defendant-Appellee
Mid-Columbia Medical Center (“MCMC”), a hospital in The Dalles, Oregon, from September 14, 2020, through
December 20, 2021. In her own words, Detwiler is a practicing

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United States of America v. Andrew Do

Newark, N.J. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulent Billing Practices and Kickbacks

An Orange County, California resident entered into settlement agreements with the United States resolving allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks in exchange for the referral of certain prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorne

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Brandon King v. United Parcel Service, et al.

Des Moines, Iowa, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued job discrimination theory.

Brandon King ended up in federal court because he did not want to work on
Saturdays. The district court1 denied his motion to remand the case to state court
and granted judgment on the pleadings to his employer, United Parcel Service, Inc.

Not all UPS drivers follow the s

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Julie A. Tamm and Rosannea M. Przybylski v. Milan Nerad

Grand Rapids, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Count I—First Amendment Retaliation (42 U.S.C. § 1983) (official and personal capacity); Count II—Llewellyn Preemption (state-law claim); Count III— Reasonableness Challenge – Square Lake (state-law claim); Count IV—Selective Enforcement Equal Protection) (§ 1983) (official and personal capacity); Count V

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Thomas Michael Smith and Monaleto Sneed v. P.A.M. Transports, Inc.

Nashville, Tennessee, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a 42 U.S.C. § 2000e adn Tennessee Human Rights Act (THRA) violation theories.

Plaintiffs Thomas Michael Smith and Monaleto Sneed brought this action against their former employer, P.A.M. Transport, Inc. (“P.A.M. Transport”), under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.; 42 U.S.C.

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Michael Hoover v. Justin Due

Cookeville, Tennessee personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory claiming unlawful entry and excessive force.

Defendant Deputy Justin Due received a 911 dispatch call, reporting a domestic dispute at Plaintiff Michael Hoover’s house. The 911 caller stated that Hoover had threatened her with a gun. When Due arrived at the sce

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United States of America, et al. v. Amazon, Inc.

Seattle, Washington, commercial litigation lawyers represented Amazon accused of consumer fraud and abuse.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the states and territories of New York,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode
Island, Vermont, an

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Janice Hughes Barners, et al. v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al.

Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force wrongful death civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Ashtian Barners was shot and killed by Officer Roberto Felix, Jr. during a traffic stop.

Barnes’s parents sued Felix and Harris County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.5 The district court granted summary judgment on the
p

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Abraham Watkins Nicholas Agosto Aziz & Strogner v. Edward Festeryga

Houston, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in tort theories.

Abraham Watkins Nichols Agosto Aziz & Stogner, a Texas law firm, sued its former associate, Edward Festeryga, in Texas state court for various state-law torts. The firm secured a temporary restraining order and moved for expedited discovery to obtain communications and documents in Festeryga’s possession.

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Mesquite Asset Recovery Group, LLC, et al. v. City of Mesquite, Texas

Dallas, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in breach of contract theory.

In 2008, Appellants purchased from the City approximately 60.31
acres of land in Mesquite, Texas (the Property), the majority of which sits on
a federally designated flood zone. Appellants also applied for and received
from the City a variance waiving their obligation to obtain a Cond

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United States of America v. Casey Robert Goonan

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firebombing University Police Car And Attempting To Firebomb Oakland Federal Building

Casey Robert Goonan was sentenced today to 235 months in federal prison for committing a series of arsons and firebombings at the University of California, Berkeley and the Oakland federal building in June 2024. Sen

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Patrick Alston v. AY Logistics, Inc., et al.

Charlotte, North Carolina pro se Plaintiff unsuccessfully attempted to presented himself without the help of a lawyer on prosecuring claims brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42
U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C.
§§ 621 to 634.*

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Thomas L. Ford v. Daniel P. Discroll, Secretary of the Army

Richmond, Virginia, pro se Plaintiff, unsuccessfully attempted to present himself without the help of a lawyer on multiple employment-related claims, including claims brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, the American with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 to 12213, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.

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