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Joshua Lamle, et al. v. Susan Eads, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on wrongful denial of Medicaid benefits.

Two elderly individuals (Ms. Penelope Lamle and Ms. Maxine Houston) sued based on alleged irregularities in the processing of their Medicaid applications. 1 In their suit, the applicants sought  an injunction ordering an expedited decision and payment of Medicaid benefits an

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Travis Valentino Dantzler v. Tonia Baldwin, M.D.

Des Moines, Iowa personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 deliberate indifference theory.

Inmate Travis Dantzler brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging, inter alia, that Dr. Tonia Baldwin, a physician at the Clarinda Correctional Facility (CCF), was deliberately indifferent to his complaints of knee pain by delaying an MRI and orth

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Milton Green v. City of St. Louis and Office Christopher Tanner

St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed his civil rights were violated under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

St. Louis Police Officer Christopher Tanner, in pursuit of a fleeing suspect who had fired at police officers, mistakenly shot off-duty Officer Milton Green. Officer Green filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Officer Tanner and the City of St.

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United States of America v. Hannah Kinchen

Baton Rouge, LA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receiving child sexual abuse material

A Louisiana woman pleaded guilty today to receiving child sexual abuse material



A Louisiana woman pleaded guilty to re

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Samantha Pike v. Charles F. Budd, Jr.

Bangor, Maine civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on sexual harassment claims.

Plaintiff-Appellant Samantha Pike ("Pike"), a licensed alcohol and drug treatment counselor employed
by Wellspring, Inc. ("Wellspring"), worked at Maine's Adult Treatment and Recovery Court (TRC), a voluntary treatment and recovery program, in Penobscot County. Defendant-Appellee Charles Budd, Jr.

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United States of America v. Tyrone Eugene Sitton a/k/a “Dirty”

Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl Trafficking And Gun Charges

Career Criminal Sentenced To 12+ Years For Fentanyl Trafficking And Gun Charges



Tyrone Eugene Sitton a/k/a

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Tyler Luethje v. Travis Kyle; Scott Kelly

Denver, Colorado, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

Mr. Luethje sued Mr. Kyle and Mr. Kelly under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting claims under the Fourth Amendment for (1) unlawful entry and search of his home, (2) unlawful arrest, and (3) unlawful use of excessive force. He also brought a failure to intervene claim

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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

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Joseph DiCesare v. Cherokee Nation, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued claiming to have been harassed by the Cherokee and Tribe and Delaware County.

Judge Egan sustined motions for summary judgement based on soverign immunity and state of limitations.

The Tenth Circuit held in Nero v. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma that the Cherokee Nation enjoys sovereign immunity. 892 F.2d 1457, 1

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Melissa Martin

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs (OUI-Drugs).

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CRIMINAL LAW. SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE. The case addresses the sufficiency of evidence for a conviction of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of narcotic drugs, with a focus on whether circumstantial

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Giselle Veller, et al. v. K.B., et al.

Bowling Green, Ohio personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on negligence theories.

This case arose from a fatal car accident in which K.B., who was 16 years old, was the driver, and Copeland, who was 15 years old, was the front-seat passenger and victim. Veller, Copeland's mother, filed this lawsuit against K.B., his guardian, and numerous entities. This

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Wayne Dean Wieber v. Matthew Porter, et al.

Denver, Colorado civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that he was wrongfully arrested on a warrantless arrest for witness retaliation and seizure of his cell phone pursuant to a warrant.

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Over the course of more than ten years, disputes between Mr. Wieber and his
neighbors generated so many calls to the City of Golden Police Department that in
Oc

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Deanna Smith v. State of Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant was subject to a domestic violence protective order (DVPO) that required him to give a day's notice to security personnel whenever he needed to visit the medical center where his former girlfriend worked. The woman alleges that the man violated this notice provision many times over a three-year period by coming to her workplace

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ramior Alcala v. Deputy Sheriff Arturo Ortega, et al.

Las Cruces, New Mexico, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a personal injury wrongful death civil rights violation theory.


This case arose from the fatal shooting of Diego Eguino-Alcala during a standoff with a deputy sheriff from Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The Personal Representative of Eguino-Alcala’s estate (the “Estate”) appeals the district cour

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Perla Enriquez, et al. v. Jared Cosper, et al.

Las Cruces, New Mexico, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a personal injury wrongful death civil rights violation theory.

This case arises from the fatal shooting of Amelia Baca, a 75-year-old, mentally diminished woman in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Estate filed a complaint alleging that the police officer who shot her acted with excessive force in violation of th

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United States of America v. Dr. Sonny Saggar

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Health Care Fraud

St. Louis Area Doctor Sentenced for Health Care Fraud



U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced a doctor who ran two urgent care

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State of Iowa v. Jessie Lee Mathews

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree robbery.

Jessie Mathews was convicted of first-degree robbery after he and three accomplices robbed a Burger King in Waterloo. Mathews' girlfriend, Monika Bray, pointed the finger at Mathews a few days later. Bray testified against Mathews at his jury trial after being granted immunity by the State

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State of Kansas v. Christopher Shawn Adams

Hays, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant on assault and battery charges.

This case arises from the State's interlocutory appeal in Christopher Adams' criminal case. Adams faces multiple counts of battery based on allegations that he punched two men and pushed his girlfriend, Stephanie Lang, outside a bar. When questioned at the scene, Lang identified Adams as the att

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United States of America v. Kevin Paul McMains

cty, sta criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Benefit Fraud

Army Veteran Sentenced to Federal Prison For Over Three-Quarter Million Dollar Benefit Fraud




Kevin Paul McMains, 44, of Milton, Florida, has

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Kristie Williams v. The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Family and Medical Leave Act theory.

This case concerned the Family and Medical Leave Act— and, as it turns out, Congress’s constitutional authority “[t]o raise and support Armies” and “[t]o provide and maintain a Navy.” U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cls. 12–13. Kristie Williams accused her former employer, t

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United States of America v. Olabanji Otufale

Brooklyn, NY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Homeless Victims' Identities to Apply for Unemployment Benefits

Former NYC Fraud Investigator Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Homeless Victims' Identities to Apply for Unemployment Benefits

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United States of America v. Catherine Seemer

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Disability Loan Fraud

Nurse Practitioner Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For $11.2 Million Disability Loan Fraud Scheme



Danielle R. Sassoon, the United

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Melissa Williams, et al. v. Fiduciary Services North, Inc., et al.

Traverse City, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff governmental tort claim negligence theories.

This case arises out of a series of events that occurred in the years preceding Mardelle's death in May 2022. Plaintiffs filed a lengthy verified complaint in January 2023, followed by an amended verified complaint in February 2023, in which they named as defendants Brenda

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State of Connecticut v. Jose Ramos

New London, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Jose Ramos, who previously was convicted of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a and sentenced to sixty years of imprisonment, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing his action against the defendant, the state of Connecticut (state), in which he sought declaratory

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Glorianna Moore v. Oakland County, Michigan, Eric Hix, Daniel Hedrick

Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories un 42 U.S.C. 1983.

When Glorianna Moore refused to show her license to Officer Brian Wilson at a traffic stop, he opened her car door and grabbed her arm. Because Moore started screaming and twisting her body away, Officer Wilson restrained her by holding her arm a

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