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Jose Montanez v. Paula Price, et al.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, pro se Plaintiff used the Defendants on Eighth Amendment violation theories.

The protections afforded by the Eighth Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act (RA), 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., do not stop at the prison gates. So when an inmate, whether counseled or pro se, claims that prison officials

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State of New York v. Sasiya M. Davis-Johnson

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Assault in the Third Degree (Class A misdemeanor) and one count of Reckless Driving (unclassified misdemeanor under New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law).

On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at approximately 8:16 a.m., the defendant was operating a garbage truck, while working for the City of Buffa

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United States of America v. Sharon Toney‑Finch

New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims About Homeless Veterans.

SHARON TONEY‑FINCH, who made false public claims about assisting homeless veterans, was sentenced to 12 months and one day for a years-long scheme to defraud military veterans’ charities and falsely claiming that she was a Purple Heart recipient. TONEY-FINCH previously pled

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Bradley Waters, et al. v. City of Altus, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

At about 8:00 a.m. on September 13, 2019, Officer Thomas Hobbs stopped
Mr. Waters after observing him veer to the side of the road, drive into a curb, and
nearly hit a pole. When Officer Hobbs questioned Mr. Waters about the incident, he
explained that he was

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Samaritan Ministries International, et al. v. Alice T. Kane

Albuquerque, New Mexico, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs claiming religious discrimination.

The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) contains an insurance mandate that requires applicable individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage. Samaritan Ministries International (“Samaritan”) is a nonprofit healthcare sharing ministry (“HCSM”) whose members are exempt from th

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San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties v. WAG Hotels

San Francisco, California, civil litigatoin lawyer representeds the Defendant charged with violation of California Pet Boarding law.

“For many of us, pets are members of the family,” said District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. “When we drop them off at a boarding facility, we do so expecting that they will be treated like beloved family members. This settlement helps ensure that Wag Hote

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United States of America v. Ashok Panigrahy

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating federal law regarding the sexual exploitation of minors.

A resident of Chicago, Illinois, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 48 months of imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal law regarding the

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Jennifer L. Beckett v. United States of America

Charleston, South Carolina, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a medical malpractice claim.

Jennifer Beckett-Lynn (“Beckett-Lynn”) and her now deceased husband, Keith Lynn (“Lynn”), brought a civil action pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b)(1), 2671, alleging that substandard medical care provided to Lynn at the Veterans Affairs Medical

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United States of America v. Neil K. Anand

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

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United States of America v. Sharon Toney‑finch

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding military veterans’ charities and falsely claiming that she was a Purple Heart recipient.

“Sharon Toney-Finch falsely claimed to be a Purple Heart recipient and used her foundation to defraud donors and others induced by that lie,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Let today’s sentence

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Whtiney Barfell v. Freeman Health System, , Gulshan Uppal, M.D. and others

Miami, Florida, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a medical malpractice claim.

According to Barfell's First Amended Petition, on April 8, 2021, approximately two months after giving birth, Barfell went to the Integris Miami Hospital in Oklahoma with complaints of a frontal headache. The headache worsened and between April 11th through the 15th she went to various provid

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John Conti, et al. v. Citizens Bank, N.A.

Providence, Rhode Island, consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on banking law violations.

Rhode Island General Laws
section 19-9-2(a) requires all banks operating within the state to
pay mortgage borrowers interest on the funds they deposit into
mortgage-escrow accounts. See R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-9-2(a). In
July 2021, John Conti, representing a putative c

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United States of America v. Demitri Super

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing images of child sexual abuse

A 29-year-old Tacoma resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 15 years in prison for production of images of child sexual abuse, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Demitri Super pleaded guilty in June 2025. He will serve his federa

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Ezra Chatman and Jeremiah Klingman v. William Andrew Richo

Tulsa, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on an auto negligence claims.

The Plaintiffs claimed that they were injured and damaged in a car wreck caused by the Defendant's failure to exercise due care in the operation of his vehicle on March 16, 2024.

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United States of America v. Carlos A Lopez, Barrett R. Howell

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Unauthorized Disposal of Government Records

Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced today the filing of a bill of information in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, charging former federal prosecutor CARLOS A. LOPEZ (“LOPEZ”),

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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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United States of America v. Bennie C. Davis

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious arson of a building used in interstate commerce.

Faced with federal criminal charges for setting fire to a Qdoba restaurant, Davis pleaded guilty to committing arson, see 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), served his five-year sentence, and started a three-year term of supervised release. Since then, he has re

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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. Dr. Samuel R. Chacon

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding health care benefit programs

An OB-GYN in Reno made his initial court appearance today for allegedly defrauding health care benefit programs by submitting false claims for unnecessary gynecologic tests and surgical procedures, some resulting in serious medical complications.

According to court

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Alexis Herrera

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Alexis Herrera, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the 2020 death of 3-year-old Bella Seachrist

According to the criminal complaint, Herrera lived with her sister, Laura Ramriez, Bella’s stepmother, and Ramriez’s husband, Jose Salazar-Ortiz Sr., Bella’s bio

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State of Iowa v. Lonnie Ray Hayes

Des Moines, iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with vehicular homicide while intoxicate.

Lonnie Ray Hayes of Des Moines had previously admitted to causing the Dec. 23, 2023, accident that killed Roberto Eduardo Rodriguez-Peterson, 35, of Des Moines. Mr. Hayes said he was high on marijuana when he was traveling more than 70 mph on East 14th Street and collided

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State of Minnesota v. Dameon Markese Collins

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree intentional murder.

Dameon Markese Collins, 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree intentional murder in June and admitted to firing 23 shots at Mr. Woodard in the presence of other people on the street who could have been struck.

“Carl should still be with his family, but Mr. Col

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United States of America v. David Bert Paycer

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under twelve years of age in Indian County.

The child sex abuse at issue here arose out of the brief marriage—from
January to May of 2021—between Paycer and Melissa Parsons. During the marriage,
Paycer received disability payments and did not work. Parsons worke

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