Pocatello, Idaho consumer credit law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) , 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., governs access to consumer credit report records and promotes accuracy, fairness, and the privacy of personal information assembled by Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs).

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Donald Paradis v. A.J. Arave, Warden, Idaho State Penitentiray, et al.

Donald Paradis, a state prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Paradis seeks review of his conviction on the following grounds:

One. The evidence was insufficient to demonstrate that Kimberly Palmer was killed in the state of Idaho.

Two. The state failed to preserve exculpatory evidence.
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Boise, Idaho insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on bad faith breach of an insurance contract.

This case was filed in the Ada County District Court, 01-00020-15920, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.

"Idaho law recognizes a common law tort of bad faith breach of an insurance contract. This tort arises from the insurer's duty to ... More...    $1 (10-20-2023 - ID)

Christopher C. Tapp appeals from his conviction for first degree murder and rape. Tapp argues that the district court erred by not suppressing the statements he made in a series of police interviews. In the alternative, he contends the sentences imposed are excessive.

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        FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

        Early in the mornin... More...    $0 (07-20-2001 - ID)

Boise, Idaho RICO charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Harlan Hale, age 55,who was charged++++++++++++++++++++++++9 with being a leader of the Idaho prison gang known as the Aryan Knights, or “AK,â€� was charged with one count of participating in a RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act) conspiracy and one count of committing a violent crime in furtherance o... More...    $0 (04-02-2021 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense bankruptcy fraud charge lawyer represented Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was concealment of assets in bankruptcy.

According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petition... More...    $0 (01-09-2021 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense bankruptcy fraud lawyer

Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was charged with concealment of assets in bankruptcy.

According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petiti... More...    $0 (12-28-2020 - ID)

Medical Recovery Services, LLC (“MRS”) appeals a district court’s judgment denying its request for postjudgment attorney fees on an appeal. The dispute arose after MRS attempted to collect a debt owed by Robert Lopez (“Lopez”). The magistrate court entered a default judgment and awarded attorney fees to MRS. MRS continued to incur attorney fees while attempting to collect on the default judgment a... More...    $0 (02-19-2018 - ID)

Investigative journalism has long been a fixture in the American press, particularly with regard to food safety.1 In the early 1900s, Upton Sinclair highlighted conditions in the meat-packing industry in The Jungle, a novel based on his time working incognito in a packing plant.2 This case also originates in the agricultural sector�a secretly-filmed expos� of the operation of an Idaho dairy fa... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - ID)

This case arises from Richard Gomez’s breach of a real estate agreement for the sale and purchase of residential real estate from Todd Phillips in his capacity as Trustee of Trust “A” of the Elliott Family Trust. Phillips appeals the Ada County district court’s denial of Phillips’s request to recover actual damages. After a bench trial, the district court held that Phillips’s claim for breach of c... More...    $0 (11-08-2017 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud

Cortney S. Valentine, 39, of Liberty, Utah, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and false declaration under penalty of perjury and concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy case.

According to the plea agreement, Valentine defrauded U.S. Bank when he made material false statements which were relied ... More...    $0 (11-02-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Owner of Saul Farms Sentenced Bernard Saul to Serve 36 Months in Prison

Bernard Saul, 58, of Bliss, Idaho, the owner of Saul Farms, was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the crimes of wire fraud and money laundering. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Saul to forfeit $1,903,727 and pay a fine of $7... More...    $0 (06-13-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Boston Mafia Associate Sentenced for Idaho Gun Charge

Enrico M. Ponzo, a/k/a Jay Shaw, a longtime fugitive from Boston, Massachusetts, who posed as a rancher while living on the run in Marsing, Idaho, was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. Distr... More...    $0 (04-11-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Treasure Valley Contractor Pleads Guilty and is Resentenced

Elaine Martin, 69, of Meridian, Idaho, the former president and majority stockholder of MarCon, Inc., pleaded guilty to one count of making and subscribing a false tax return before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. Following the entry of her plea, Judge Winmill sentenced her for the tax conviction, and res... More...    $0 (01-11-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Former Executive of Nuclear Power Company Sentenced

Jennifer R. Ransom, 41, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release—the first six months of which is home confinement--for the crime of securities fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior United States District Judge... More...    $0 (01-07-2016 - ID)

The District is a governmental subdivision that is organized under Idaho Code section 674901 and operates in Boise. The District currently operates the Boise Centre, a convention center in Downtown Boise. The District seeks to expand operations by acquiring a new facility (hereinafter the Centre Facility) being constructed near the Boise Centre. But the District, as a governmental subdivision, is ... More...    $0 (10-15-2015 - ID)

Bryana Bible stopped paying her student loan but later  agreed to a rehabilitation program, governed by 34 C.F.R.  §682.405, under which she paid $50 a month (not enough to cover even half of the monthly interest) in anticipation that  she would eventually resume making full payments, after  which the note would be sold to a new private lender. When  signing the rehabilitation contract, Bible prom... More...    $0 (10-11-2015 - ID)

Juan Roberto Jimenez appeals from his judgment of conviction after he was found guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm, as well as being a persistent violator. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Jimenez and his brother, Jorge Alvarado, had a tense relationship. On February 9, 2013, the two engaged in several heated telephone conversati... More...    $0 (10-02-2015 - ID)

A police officer was assisting probation officers with the search of a probationer’s residence, where Rozajewski had recently begun renting a bedroom from the probationer. The probationer, the probationer’s girlfriend, Rozajewski, and Rozajewski’s friend were present at the residence at the time of the search. Upon entering the residence, the officers found various items of paraphernalia and sma... More...    $0 (09-29-2015 - ID)

While somewhat convoluted in its background, this appeal stems from a dispute over amounts due and owing under a state highway contract. Debco Construction and ITD entered into a contract whereby Debco agreed to provide construction services on a state highway project in Twin Falls, Idaho, known as the Washington Street Project. The contract included a process (Specifications) for adjustment of t... More...    $0 (09-26-2015 - ID)

A grand jury indicted Koch on four counts of lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen on November 15, 2011, with “C.C.” named as the complaining witness in all counts. Count I alleged the crime was committed “by manual to genital and/or oral to genital contact” between January and May 2011. Counts II, III, and IV all alleged genital to genital contact in April 2011. Koch’s daughter, T.K., was a cl... More...    $0 (09-21-2015 - ID)

Stephen Phillip Rozajewski appeals from his judgment of conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm. Specifically, he challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. A police officer was assisting probation officers with the search of a probationer’s residence, where Rozajewski had recently begun renting a bedroom from the probati... More...    $0 (09-16-2015 - ID)

On March 30, 2015, both the Senate and the House of Representatives passed S.B. 1011 with supermajorities. S.B. 1011 had one purpose: to repeal Idaho Code section 54-2512A, a law which allowed wagering on “historical” horse races. In the afternoon of March 30, 2015, the bill was presented to the Governor, who then had five days to veto the bill pursuant to the Idaho Constitution. On April 2, 2015... More...    $0 (09-11-2015 - ID)

The victim entered a psychiatric hospital on January 30, 2009, and David Aaron Knutsen (Defendant), who was thirty-one years old, was already at the facility. The victim, who was a twenty-two-year-old woman with a full-scale IQ of 72, had been admitted to the hospital because
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she was depressed and suicidal. Defendant had checked himself into the hospital for thirty-six hours to have... More...    $0 (08-24-2015 - ID)

This case arises from the failed Black Rock North Development project undertaken by BRN in Coeur d’Alene. BRN was formed by Marshall Chesrown, who served as CEO, to develop a high-end 325-unit residential and golf course community on the west side of Lake Coeur d’Alene. The project was known as Black Rock North. American Bank was the lender for this project. The project required that BRN obtain ... More...    $0 (08-20-2015 - ID)

The City maintains a drinking water distribution system. In December of 2011, the City commissioned the services of Riedesel Engineering to determine the present and future adequacy of the system with respect to laws and standards of the local fire authority, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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Riedesel Engineerin... More...    $0 (08-20-2015 - ID)

On November 14, 2002, the grand jury sitting in Ada County indicted Abdullah on one count of murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 to -4003; one count of arson in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code section 18-802; three counts of attempted murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 and 18-306; and one count of injury to a child, a felony, Idah... More...    $0 (08-12-2015 - ID)

Joseph Herrera appeals from a conviction of second-degree murder. Herrera was holding a firearm that discharged, killing his girlfriend, Stefanie Comack. Herrera argues (1) there was insufficient evidence to support a finding of malice, and (2) improper testimony from a number of witnesses unfairly prejudiced his case. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND At the time of the shooting, Herrera and ... More...    $0 (08-10-2015 - ID)

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Stokes owned a farm in Fruitland and employed Chavez as a part-time irrigator. On September 8, 2012, around 5:00 p.m., Chavez suffered a partial amputation of his left pinky finger when his hand slipped into the chain of a motor on an irrigation line on one of Stokes’s properties in the Fruitland/Payette area. Chavez drove... More...    $0 (07-07-2015 - Id)

This is an appeal out of Ada County from a declaratory judgment holding that TracFone
is a telecommunication provider under Idaho Code section 31-4802(15)(d). We affirm that
judgment.

I.
Factual Background.
TracFone Wireless, Inc., is a non-facilities-based commercial mobile radio service
provider (a pure wireless reseller) that provides prepaid wireless telecommunicat... More...    $0 (06-23-2015 - ID)

This appeal arises from Elmore County’s decision terminating its employee, Cherri Nix (“Nixâ€�), without providing her a pre-termination hearing pursuant to the Elmore County Personnel Policy (“ECPPâ€�). Nix filed suit in Elmore County alleging, among other claims, that Elmore County violated the ECPP and breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing when it terminated her employment ... More...    $0 (04-07-2015 - ID)

HJ Grathol (“Grathol�) appeals the Kootenai County district court’s judgment awarding Grathol $675,000 in just compensation from the Idaho Transportation Department (“ITD�). This eminent domain case arose when ITD acted to condemn 16.314 acres to improve U.S. Highway 95 (“U.S. 95�). Those 16.314 acres were part of 56.8 acres that Grathol owned in Athol, Idaho.
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After a bench... More...    $0 (02-11-2015 - ID)

This case arose after LuAnn Shubert fell and injured her lower back while working at a Macy’s store. Shubert appeals the Idaho Industrial Commission’s order holding that she was (1) medically stable on November 21, 2007; (2) not entitled to medical benefits beyond that date; (3) not entitled to temporary disability benefits; (4) entitled to a permanent partial impairment rating of 5% of the wh... More...    $0 (02-27-2015 - ID)