Iowa Quiet Title Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert Jene Smith </h2> </center>
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of minors.<br> <br> (a) Any person who—<br> <br> (1) knowingly transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means including by computer or mails, any visual depiction, if—<br> <br> (A) the ... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - IA)<h2> <center> Franklin County Board of Supervisors, et al. v. Marabelle Ann 'Le' Abbas, et al. </k2> </center>
Hsmpton, Iowa civil litigation lawyer represented the Defendant in a condemnation case.<br> <br> This case involved damages awards related to a drainage ditch project undertaken in 2017 to deepen and widen the drainage ditch known as Drainage District No. 48 (DD48) in Franklin County. The district court concluded that the Franklin County Board of Supervisors (the Board) had not abandoned the origi... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - IA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gregory Kent Wilson, II </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Waterloo, Iowa unlawful transportation of a firearm and selling narcotics criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> The federal law against a felon possessing a firearm is a Class D felony under Title 18, Section 922(g) of the U.S. Code:<br> <br> Elements<br> The defendant knowingly possessed a firearm or ammunition, had a previous felony conviction, a... More...
$0 (10-17-2024 - IA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Donnie Fetters </h2></center>
<h2><br> Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate travel with intent to engage in sexual intercourse with a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2423(b): <br> </h2><br> <br> (b) Travel With Intent To Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct.—<br> A person who travels in interstate commerce or travels into the United States, or a United States citizen or ... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - IA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Gary Alan Corwin, Jr. </h2></center>
<font color="red"><h2><br> Sioux Falls, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with escaping from custody in violation of 18 U.S.C. 751(a).<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> 18 U.S. Code § 751 - Prisoners in custody of institution or officer <br> <br> (a) Whoever escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized representative... More...
$0 (06-12-2024 - IA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Debra S. Leisinger </h2></center>
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bankruptcy fraud.<br> <br> Leisinger admitted that, on December 8, 2022, she filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, by means of sworn court filings. When a debtor files a petition seeking protection from creditors under the bankruptcy laws, a “bank... More...
$0 (12-22-2023 - IA)<h2><center> United States of America v. John Edward Miller </h2></center>
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate violent threats to family or federal official in violation of 18 U.S.C. 115, which provides:<br> <br> (a)<br> (1) Whoever—<br> (A) assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts or conspires to kidnap or murder, or threatens to assault, kidnap or murder a member of the immediate family of a United State... More...
$0 (09-08-2023 - ia)<h2><center> United States of America v. Marcus Alan Vincent Urelius </h2></center>
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.<br> <br> Between April 2021, and January 2022, Marcus Alan Vincent Urelius, age 36, from Farmhamville, Iowa, used an Internet-based, peer-to-peer (P2P) network known as “Freenet†to knowingly receive visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.<br> <br> Thi... More...
$0 (06-01-2023 - IA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jonathan Weber Arrington </h2> </center>
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud by wire, radio or television in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, which provides:<br> <br> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by m... More...
$0 (04-26-2023 - IA)<h2> <center> State of Iowa v. Donald Clark </h2> </center>
Iowa City, Iowa defendant wrongfully convicted of child sexual abuse.<br> <br> In August 2009, 41-year-old Donald Clark was arrested on charges of sexually molesting a fifth grade student five years earlier when Clark was a counselor at the Helen Lemme Elementary School in Iowa City, Iowa.<br> <br> Clark was accused of two counts of second-degree sexual abuse for fondling the boy on two occasions�... More...
$0 (12-31-2010 - IA)<H2> <CENTER> Scheavella Corley v. CRST Expedited, Inc. </H2> </CENTER>
Cedar Rapids, Iowa civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on job discrimination theories claiming they were discriminated against by Defendant because of their sex.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/iowa/news/cedarrapids/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Cedar Rapids</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><b... More...
$0 (01-25-2023 - IA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gasper Cedillo-Cobo </h2> </center>
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with reentry into the United States after being deports.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/iowa/news/cedarrapids/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Cedar Rapids</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> <br> Gaspar Cedillo-Cobo, age 23, a citizen of Guatemala ille... More...
$0 (12-06-2022 - IA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Johnny Blahnik Church </h2> </center>
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3) and 924(a)(2), which provide:<br> <br> (g) It shall be unlawful for any person—<br> (1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> and <br> <br>... More...
$0 (10-17-2022 - IA)<h2> <center> Dutton, Daniels, Hines, Kalkhoff, Cook and Swanson, P.L.C. v. Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County </h2> </center>
Waterloo, Iowa civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, which sued Defendant on court imposed sanction matter.<br> <br> <br> Dutton, Daniels, Hines, Kalkhoff, Cook & Swanson, P.L.C. (law firm) seeks certiorari review of a district court order imposing monetary sanctions. We find the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding a sanction was appropriate. But we do not agree wit... More...
$0 (06-29-2022 - IA)<h2> <center> Tracy Even and All Purpose Storage, LLC v. Title Services Corporation </h2> </center>
Waterloo, Iowa civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory.<br> <br> <br> Even always had an interest in the mini-storage business. So he kept an eye on a property near his house that he thought would be a good location to build storage units.<br> <br> On June 16, 2017, Even entered a purchase agreement to buy the property. The purchas... More...
$0 (06-29-2022 - IA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Emilio Jimenez-Daniel </h2></center>
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with reentry after deportation.<br> <br> Emilio Jimenez-Daniel, age 34, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States and residing in Aurora, Colorado, received the prison term after a guilty plea on November 16, 2021, to one count of illegal reentry into the United States after having been deported.<br> <br> At ... More...
$0 (03-26-2022 - IA)<h2><center> Derek Crow v. C & W Facility Services Inc. </h2></center>
Des Moines, Iowa civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Family and Medical Leave Act violation theory.<br> <br> 29 U.S.C. 2617 provides in part: <br> <br> Any employer who violates section 2615 of this title shall be liable to any eligible employee affected—<br> <br> (A) for damages equal to—<br> <br> (i) the amount of—<br> <br> (I) any wages, sala... More...
$0 (12-01-2021 - IA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jamie Hansman </h2> </center>
Sioux City, Iowan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of guns after being convicted of multiple misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence.<br> <br> Jamie Hansman, age 52, from Glidden, Iowa, received the prison term after an April 13, 2021, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a domestic violence misdemeanant.<br> <br> Evidence at Hanman’s detent... More...
$0 (08-04-2021 - IA)<h2> <center> Shannon Duncan v. Ford Motor Credit </h2> </center>
Doc<br> Duncan v. Ford Motor Credit, Repossessors, Inc., 919 N.W.2d 768(Table) (Iowa App. 2018)<br> format_size<br> <br> 919 N.W.2d 768 (Table)<br> <br> Shannon DUNCAN, Plaintiff-Appellant,<br> v.<br> FORD MOTOR CREDIT, REPOSSESSORS, INC. and Bruce Shores, Defendants-Appellees.<br> <br> No. 17-1122<br> <br> Court of Appeals of Iowa.<br> <br> Filed June 20, 2018<br> <br> Dennis G. Larson of Larson ... More...
$0 (06-20-2018 - IA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Nicole Poole Franklin </h2> </center>
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, who was charged with attempted murder.<br> <br> Nicole Poole Franklin, 42, admitted driving her Jeep Grand Cherokee on Creston Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa, where the first child-victim was walking along the sidewalk with another young relative. Upon seeing the children and believing that the victim was of Middle Eastern or African desc... More...
$0 (08-24-2021 - IA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Justin Troendle </h2> </center>
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender.<br> <br> Justin Troendle, age 34, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of one count of escape from federal custody. At the plea hearing, Troendle admitted that, in May 2020, he was in custody at the Hinzman Center under a federal court order pursuant to his prior conviction for f... More...
$0 (02-28-2021 - IA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Rachel Manna </h2> </center>
Des Moines, Iowa computer hacking charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Rachel Manna, age 33, of West Des Moines, was acquainted with Danielle Taff, who was employed as a contractor paralegal by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa. Taff was assigned to the office’s Civil Division, where she worked exclusively on matters related to civil forfe... More...
$0 (02-06-2021 - IA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Troy Wayne Davis </h2> </center>
Des Moines, IA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with transportation of child pornography.<br> <br> Troy Wayne Davis, age 57, formerly of Eldon, Iowa, was charged with Transportation of Child Pornography<br> <br> The investigation began in early 2019 when law enforcement received investigative leads from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that images of ch... More...
$0 (11-08-2020 - IA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Danielle Taff </h2> </center>
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with computer fraud.<br> <br> A former contractor with the U.S. Department of Justice was charged with unlawfully using her government computer to access government records and providing sensitive, non-public information to another individual.<br> <br> Danielle Taff, 37, of Ankeny, Iowa, who was employed as a contractor paraleg... More...
$0 (11-07-2020 - IA)<center> <h2> Kyle M. Lawler and Hannah Lawler v. Union Pacific Railroad and Landus Cooperative </h2> </center>
Des Moines, IA - Kyle M. Lawler and Hannah Lawler sued the Union Pacific Railroad and Landus Cooperative on a federal employers Liability Act (FELA) theory claiming to have been injured and/or damaged as a direct result of the negligence of the defendants.<br> <br> Title 45 U.S.C. Section 51, et seq. provides:<br> <br> Every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the ... More...
$0 (11-19-2019 - IA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Freddie Armando Butler </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> Des Moines, IA - Des Moines Man Sentenced to Prison for Threat to Law Enforcement<br> <br> Freddie Armando Butler, age 31 of Des Moines was sentenced to 24 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for making a false bomb threat to the Baker Count... More...
$0 (03-18-2019 - IA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jay Robert Sebben </h2< </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/fieldable-panel-panes/image-panes/images/2017/04/26/annex_building.jpg"><br> </center><br> Des Moines, IA - Waukee Man Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography<br> <br> Jay Robert Sebben, age 41, of Waukee, appeared before United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger and was sent... More...
$0 (02-17-2019 - IA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Etcher Family Farms, LLC; Scott Allen Etcher; and Benjamin Allen McFarland </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> Davenport, IA - Etcher Family Farms, LLC, Owner, and Employee Plead Guilty to Clean Water Act Violations<br> <br> Etcher Family Farms, LLC; owner Scott Allen Etcher; and Etcher Farms’ employee Benjamin Allen McFarland, pleaded guilty on October 25, 2018, to criminal viola... More...
$0 (11-07-2018 - ia)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Roman Deon Hellems, Jr. <P> <img width="400" src="http://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"> <P> Southern District of Iowa - Federal Courthouse - Des Moines, Davenport & Council Bluffs <P> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</a> <br> <center><font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a> </font> <br> 888-354-4529 </h2> </center> </font>
Des Moines, IA - Des Moines Man Sentenced to Prison for Firearms Offense<br> <br> Roman Deon Hellems, Jr. sentenced to 96 months for felon in possession of a firearm<br> <br> On August 24, 2018, Roman Deon Hellems, Jr., age 23, of Des Moines, appeared before United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose and was sentenced to 96 months in prison for a felon in possession of a firearm charge a... More...
$0 (08-28-2018 - IA)<center><h2>WALTER REED vs. STATE OF IOWA and STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src=" http://media.graytvinc.com/images/810*455/Iowa-DOT.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2>
A federal statute known as Title VI states, “No person in the United States <br> shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation <br> in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or <br> activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” See 42 U.S.C. § 2000d (2015). A <br> federal report cited the Department of Tr... More...
$0 (07-19-2018 - IA)<center><h2>STATE OF IOWA vs. KASHENNA NICHOLE TUCKER</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src=" https://localtvwhotv.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/tucker-mug.jpeg?w=300&quality=85&strip=all&h=169"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2>
In January 2014, Tucker lived in Ottumwa with W.E, who was born in <br> January 2011.1 Tucker met W.E.’s mother in Chicago, and Tucker agreed to <br> temporarily act as caretaker for W.E. Even though Tucker and W.E. were <br> unrelated, she referred to W.E. as her nephew. <br> In a series of interviews with investigators, Tucker said she left W.E. with <br> her friend Latisha Johnson for a f... More...
$0 (07-08-2018 - IA)<center><h2>STATE OF IOWA vs. ABRAHAM K. WATKINS</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src=" https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/2caea550efef29c9979618bfb12fc580a3aca2f3/c=19-0-159-187&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/2016/09/29/IAGroup/DesMoines/636107671825243007-abe.png"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black">Iowa prosecutor ousted from office over harassment findings </FONT> </h2>
In May 2013, Abraham Watkins was sworn into the Iowa bar and subsequently opened a solo practice in Keosauqua, Iowa. Watkins operated his law practice out of an office located on the first floor or main level of the two-story home he shared with his family. Watkins and his family mostly lived upstairs. However, the home’s kitchen, laundry room, and one of the two bathrooms are located on the ... More...
$0 (07-04-2018 - IA)<center><h2>SHANNON DUNCAN vs. FORD MOTOR CREDIT, REPOSSESSORS, INC. and BRUCE SHORES</h2> <table> <td> <img width="200" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a1886f0bce17620f85a8996/t/5a26cde571c10bcfc010602c/1526495105295/?format=1500w"> </td> <td> <img width="200" src="http://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/en/shared-content/navigation/header/logo.png"> <td> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="red"> </FONT> </h2>
On March 5, 2008, Duncan purchased a 2008 Ford Edge from Decorah <br> Auto Center, Inc., with financing through Ford Motor Credit (FMC). She made <br> payments from April 19, 2008, until August 19, 2010. Duncan received notice she <br> owed $1871.94, due by November 19, 2010. Duncan stated she paid this amount <br> in a timely fashion, but on November 19, 2010, Bruce Shores of Repossessors, <br... More...
$0 (06-26-2018 - IA)<center><h2>STATE OF IOWA vs. MARSEAN T. FENTON</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src=" https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/9/9e/Iowa_Supreme_Court.jpg/350px-Iowa_Supreme_Court.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> Iowa Court of Appeals</FONT> </h2>
In November 2015, the State charged Fenton with burglary in the third <br> degree from a motor vehicle, an aggravated misdemeanor, in violation of Iowa <br> Code section 713.6A(2) (2015). Fenton entered a written guilty plea, allegedly <br> conditioned upon the court’s acceptance of the negotiated sentence including a <br> 180-day suspended jail term. Fenton planned to request a deferred judgm... More...
$0 (06-25-2018 - IA)<center> <h2> Alan Anderson v. Sohit Khanna, Iowa Heart Center P.C. and Catholic Health Initiatives Iowa Corp., d/b/a Mercy Hospital Medical Center </h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Iowa_Supreme_Court.jpg/250px-Iowa_Supreme_Court.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black">Supreme Court of Iowa</FONT> </h2>
A patient and his family brought a medical negligence action against a physician and the physician’s employer. They alleged specific negligence and the failure of the physician to obtain informed consent. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the claim of informed consent based on the physician’s failure to disclose his lack of training and experience in per... More...
$0 (06-19-2018 - IA)<center><h2>In the Matter of Property Seized from Jean Carlos Herrera and Fernando Rodriguez</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Iowa_Supreme_Court.jpg/250px-Iowa_Supreme_Court.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black">Supreme Court of Iowa</FONT> </h2>
Claimants appeal an order by the district court that found Claimants’ Answer to the In Rem Forfeiture Complaint insufficient because it objected to providing <br> testimonial statements as to matters requested therein because claimant argued the <br> search and seizure were unlawful and such information would be fruit of the <br> poisonous tree, and simultaneously forfeited the property. (A1144-... More...
$0 (06-03-2018 - IA)<center><h2>STATE OF IOWA vs. DANIELLE ABANG-NTUEN</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src="http://raccoonvalleyradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Wonetah-Einfeldt--300x224.jpeg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2>
On July 14, 2015, Danielle Abang-Ntuen, her sister, Beatrice Abang-Ntuen, <br> and their mother, Wonetah Einfeldt,1 went to the home of Mulika Vinson to resolve <br> a dispute between Danielle and Mulika. A physical altercation eventually ensued <br> between Danielle, Beatrice, and Wonetah against Mulika, but the parties dispute <br> the order of events and who initiated the exchange. Mulika was... More...
$0 (04-23-2018 - IA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Randy Metcalf </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/siouxcity_new.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> A jury convicted Randy Joe Metcalf of committing a hate crime in violation of<br> the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, 18<br> U.S.C. § 249(a)(1) (the Act). The district cou 1 rt2 sentenced Metcalf to the statutory<br> maximum sentence of 120 months’... More...
$0 (02-08-2018 - IA)<center> <h2> United States v. Muhammad Anwar <P> <img width="300" src="https://www.fjc.gov/sites/default/files/courthouses/IA-Waterloo_1938_Ref.jpg"> <P> Northern District of Iowa Courthouse - Waterloo, Iowa </h2> </center>
A jury convicted Muhammad Anwar of : (1) conspiracy to distribute controlled<br> substances and controlled substance analogues, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1),<br> 841(b)(1)(c), and 846, and (2) conspiracy to commit money laundering, in violation<br> of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h). The district court1 sentenced Anwar to 240 months’<br> imprisonment on the first count and 60 months on the seco... More...
$0 (01-28-2018 - IA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Joseph Richard Salcido <P> <img width="400" src="http://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"> <P> Southern District of Iowa - Federal Courthouse - Des Moines, Davenport & Council Bluffs </h2> </center>
Des Moines, IA - West Des Moines Man Sentenced to 90 Months in Prison for Carjacking at Gun Point<br> <br> On January 12, 2018, Joseph Richard Salcido, age 25, of West Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt to 90 months of imprisonment for carjacking a relative at gun point in April 2017, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.<br> <br> Salci... More...
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