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Malik Allah-U-Akbar, fka Odraye G. Jones v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden

Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Malik Allah-U-Akbar was granted a conditional writ of habeas corpus, "vacating [his] death sentence unless the State of Ohio conducts a new penalty-phase proceeding within 180 days of remand.” Jones v. Bradshaw, 46 F.4th 459, 489 (6th Cir. 2022). The state did not comply with the writ. T

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Flying T Ranch, Inc. v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, et al.

Under federal common law, Indian tribes may be sued only under two circumstances: when a tribe waives its sovereign immunity or when Congress unequivocally abrogates tribal sovereign immunity. Here, Flying T Ranch (Flying T) filed suit in Snohomish County Superior Court to quiet title to nonreservation land purchased by the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians (Tribe). Flying T contends it had acquired

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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 f

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State of Oklahoma v. Samuel Rayfael Burks and Sam J. Agree

Bartlesville, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery with a firearm.

¶2 The general rule is that when one is put on trial, one is to be convicted if at all by evidence which shows one guilty of the offense charged; and proof that one is guilty of other offenses not connected with that for which one is on trial must be excluded. Smith v. State, 5

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Christopher Jack Cooper v. Novo Nordisk, Inc., et al.

Trenton, New Jersey, personal injury lawyer representing the Plaintiff who sued on a product liability theory.

Novo Nordisk faces multidistrict litigation (MDL 3094) for its GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, which are alleged to cause severe gastrointestinal injuries, particularly gastroparesis. The lawsuits claim a "failure to warn" by Novo Nordisk, asserting the

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United States of America v. Jesus Ruiz Murillo aka Gabriella Ruiz Murillo, and Sebastian Ruiz

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportation of illegal aliens for financial gain.

United States Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas announced today that federal prosecutors in the district filed 270 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from Sept. 19 through 25. Significant cases include U.S. ci

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United States of America v. Michael Palleschi

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

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that MICHAEL PALLESCHI, the former chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FTE Networks, Inc. ("FTE”), was sentenced today to 12 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon for leading a ye

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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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United States of America v. Ramiro Barrera-Gonzalez, Sebastian Medina- Carrillo, Andre Limon Criston Austin, Juan Pedro Zamarron-Navarrete, Ayde Castaneda-Rivera, Oscar Chapa-Gomez, Lucio David Rivera-Esparza, Jose Orellana Espana, Ricardo Quiroz-Rincon

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on a federal officer, bringing in and harboring certain aliens, conspiring to transport two illegal aliens further into the United States, human smuggling

United States Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas announced today that federal prosecutors in the district filed 294 ne

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United States of America v. Christopher Todd Boudreau

Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted coercion and
enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) and possession of child
pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B).

Detective Travis Wafstet works in the Missoula County
Sheriff's Office and is also a member of the FBI's Child

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United States of America, et al. ex. rel. Ronald J. Streck v. Eli Lilly and Company

Chicago, Illinois, whistleblower lawyers represented the Plaintiff who used the Defendant on a qui tam theory.

Relator Ronald Streck first publicly accused pharmaceutical companies of reporting falsely de-
flated drug prices to the government in 2011. Over a decade later, a jury decided in his favor against Eli Lilly, one of the largest drug companies in the world.

At a broa

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United States of America v. Christopher Lawrence Stouffer

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child and possession of child pornography.


Federal law aggressively criminalizes and punishes the sexual exploitation of children, primarily through laws found in Title 18 of the U.S. Code.

The key statute is 18 U.S.C. § 2251, which broadly prohibits the use, enticement,

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United States of America v. Marquis Smalla, a/k/a Speedy

Camden, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the conditions of supervised release.

Supervised release is a common component of a sentence, but it is also conditional, so when a defendant is
found by the district court to have violated its terms, the court has authority to revoke his supervised release and return him to detention. See 18

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United States of America v. Dustin Noble

Lincoln, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Violate the Lacey Act

Noble Outdoors Owner Sentenced for Conspiracy to Violate the Lacey Act Involving 114 Illegal Hunts


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E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump

New York City, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a defamation theory.


A jury found that then-President Trump acted with common law malice when he made defamatory statements about
Carroll in June 2019 and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Trump appeals, arguing that he is entitled to presidential immunity or, in the alternative, a new trial. Tr

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Kimberly LaFave, et al. v. The County of Fairfax, Virginia, et al.

Fairfax, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff challenging the constitutionality of the so-called sensitive places doctrine, which allows the government to restrict the presence of firearms in certain locations.

A Fairfax County ordinance prohibits "[t]he possession, carrying, or transportation of any firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof” in va

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United States of America v. Randolph Bullock

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Laws prohibiting the possession of child pornography are among the strictest in the United States and are prosecuted at both the federal and state levels

A conviction almost always results in a felony charge with severe penalties, including lengthy prison sentences,

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Mary Kay Thomas v. Marshall Public Schools, et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued asserting claims under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Thomas was employed by the District for nearly 30 years, beginning as a
teacher and the

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Julia Fincher v. Dolgencorp of Texas, Inc.

San Angelo, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability theory.

In Texas, premises liability law holds property owners responsible for injuries that occur on their property due to unsafe conditions. To prove a claim, an injured person must generally demonstrate that the owner was negligent by breaching a legal duty of care. The specific duty of

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United States of America v. Hector Garcia and Victor Rodriguez

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting five illegal aliens

Western District of Texas U.S. Attorney Adds 269 Immigration Cases This Week


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United States of America v. Carl Rose

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug and firearm offenses.

In 2011, a jury sitting in the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania convicted Carl Rose of federal drug and firearm
offenses. The District Court sentenced Rose to 120 months'
imprisonment, followed by a five-year term of supervised
release. But about two years a

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Adam Sindell v. Latonya Coach, et al.

Macon, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Civil Rights Act violation theory.

In June 2020, Sindell was a pretrial detainee in the Houston
County Jail.1 He resided in the L-Pod section of the jail, which
housed roughly eighty pretrial detainees. Jail officials checked de-
tainees' cells three times per day for contraband and rule violations.

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United States of America Roberto Moreno-Rangel, Martin Gomez-Cisneros, Heriberto Monsivais Lopez aka Erik Lopez, Samuel Chulo-Aguilar, Jose Carcamo-Santos, Rosell Bladimir Ortiz-Garcia, Victor Aaron Vargas-Leon, Victor Hugo Lopez-Murillo, Jorge Santillan-De La Cruz, Raul Robledo, Luis Heriberto Baca-Baca

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, illegal alien in possession of a firearm, lewd acts with a child under 14, illegal re-entry, transporting illegal aliens, trespassing in a habitation.

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United States of America v. Devante Glenn

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling
drugs that led to an overdose death, appeals his conviction on two counts of distributing
carfentanil, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), and one count of using a
telecommunications device to facilitate the transaction, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b).

On July 19,

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United States of America v. Jose Alfredo Macias-Mendoza, et al.

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with illegal reentry

176 Immigration Cases Filed in the Western District of Texas This Week




Federal prosecutors

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