Massachusetts 1983 Law
 

Brian Hussey v. City of Cambridge, et al.

Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a First Amendment violation toery.

Contending that he was unconstitutionally disciplined in retaliation for exercising his
First Amendment rights, Cambridge Police Officer Brian Hussey sued the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Commissioner of the Cambridge Police Department (collectively, the "De... More...    $0 (08-21-2025 - MA)

United States of America v. Richard Evans

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with filing false claims to BPD for overtime pay and his participation in a scheme to submit such claims and wire fraud.

Evans entered BPD's police academy in 1983 and was promoted to the rank of Captain on January 20, 2010. Captain is the highest-ranking position within the BPD that can be achieved without b... More...    $0 (07-01-2025 - MA)

Mother Does v. Town of North Andover, et al.

Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants


Plaintiffs, proceeding as Jane Smith and Mother Doe, are respectively a former student at North Andover High School (“NAHS”) and the parent and natural guardian of another former NAHS student (referred to here as Jane Doe). They bring this action against Defendants Town of North Andover (“Town... More...    $0 (05-16-2023 - MA)

Commonwealth v. Victor Rosario

The defendant, Victor Rosario, was convicted in 1983 of one count of arson in a dwelling house and eight counts of murder in the second degree; all the charges stem from a fire that occurred in 1982. In 2012, the defendant filed the motion for a new trial at issue here, arguing principally that newly discovered evidence regarding fire science and the conditions under which he confessed to the crim... More...    $0 (05-11-2017 - MA)

Commonwealth v. Victor Rosario


The defendant has appealed from a conviction of arson of a dwelling (G.L. c. 266, § 1) and from eight convictions of murder in the second degree (G.L. c. 265, § 1). Eight persons perished when a three-storey tenement in Lowell went up in flames on March 5, 1982.

The defendant was convicted on the basis of three written confessions which he gave the police shortly after the ... More...    $0 (12-23-1985 - MA)

Daniel Fernandes v. Edward Bouley, et al.

Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on prisoner civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983..





Federal Courthouse - Boston, Massachusetts


Federal Courthouse - Boston, Massachusetts

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Laurence Adams

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR POSTCONVICTION RELIEF

         I. INTRODUCTION

         The defendant, Laurence Adams, filed a Renewed And Revised Motion For Postconviction Relief. Related discovery motions, and several memoranda and appendixes... More...    $0 (04-15-2004 - MA)

Joseph B. Shea v. Peter Millett

Boston, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract case involving the statute of frauds seeking more than $100,000 in damages and/or injuries.

In this action under Massachusetts law by Joseph B. Shea ("Shea") for an alleged breach
of an oral contract by Dr. Peter Millett ("Millett"), the district
court on cross-motions entered summary ju... More...    $0 (05-31-2022 - MA)

Union of Concerned Scientists v. Environmental Protection Agency

Boston, MA - Federal Advisory Committee Act lawyer represented Plaintiffs, Appellants with arguing that a directive issued by the EPA that prohibits EPA grant recipients -- who are mostly employed by universities and other nonprofit institutions -- from sitting on the EPA's twenty-two scientific advisory committees.

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United States of America v. José Reyes-Valdivia

United States of America v. Jeffri Dávila-Reyes

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with two counts of trafficking cocaine in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charges.


These consolidated appeals arise
from the U.S. Coast Guard's interdiction of a small speed boat in
the western Caribbean Sea and the ... More...    $0 (01-22-2022 - MA)

United States of America v. Carlos Reyes, Jr.

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine charges.



I. Background


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United States of America v. Joseph Clark

Boston, Massachusetts – Criminal Defense lawyer represented
defendant with one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance charge.



On July 20, 2015, McGoon, a Saco Police Department
officer, stopped a vehicle for erratic driving and for running a
red light. At the time of the stop, McGoo... More...    $0 (01-20-2022 - MA)

United States of America v. Gregory Owens

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with interstate domestic violence and; discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in violation charges. Owens challenges the sufficiency of evidence supporting his convictions, the reasonableness of his sentence, and the district court's denial of
his pretrial motions seekin... More...    $0 (12-29-2021 - MA)

MARK GILBERT v. CITY OF CHICOPEE; WILLIAM JEBB; JOHN PRONOVOST; RICHARD J. KOS

Boston, MA - Constitutional Rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, Appellant with claiming his First Amendment rights were violated.



In sharing this tale, we construe the facts of the
complaint in the light most favorable to Gilbert. Ocasio–Hernández
v. Fortuño–Burset, 640 F.3d 1, 7 (1st Cir. 2011) (citing Fed. R. ... More...    $0 (12-29-2021 - MA)

Heather Tyler v. Supreme Judicial Court of MA

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with trying to void two Massachusetts Superior Court conditions of probation.



In 2009, at age nineteen or twenty, Jamie Melendez
impregnated fourteen-year-old Heather Tyler.2 Tyler gave birth in
2010. Upon pleading guilty in state court to the statutory rape More...    $0 (12-29-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. Glenn Chin

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with committing mail fraud and violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") charge.



WBUR filed this motion in the criminal case against New
England Compounding Center ("NECC") supervisory pharmacist Glenn
Chin. He had been charged w... More...    $0 (12-28-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of drug trafficking in international waters while aboard a "stateless" vessel in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charge. He now challenges those convictions.



Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa ("Aybar")
pleaded guilty in 2015 to two counts of ... More...    $0 (12-27-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. Jorge Hiram Báez-Martínez

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possession of a firearm charge.



In 2012, Báez-Martínez was convicted at a jury trial for
being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 922(g)(1). The unobjected-to Presentence Investigation Report
("PSR") included the... More...    $0 (11-23-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. Bryan Larson

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of child pornography.



On June 11, 2015, a magistrate judge issued a warrant to
search a residence at 11 Manchaug Street, in Douglas,
Massachusetts. The warrant was based on an affidavit sworn by
Homeland Security Investigat... More...    $0 (11-22-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. LUCIANO VEGA-MARTÍNEZ, aka Lucio; RENÉ GARAY-RODRÍGUEZ, aka Gary

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with charged with mail fraud and violations of section 1 of the Sherman Act.



In 2013, Vega-Martínez, Garay-Rodríguez, and their codefendants owned competing bus companies that sought to provide
busing for low-income students from Caguas to public schools... More...    $0 (11-22-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. Ilir Bregu

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute oxycodone.



When evaluating the denial of a motion to suppress, we
present the facts as supportably found by the district court. See,
e.g., United States v. Pontoo, 666 F.3d 20, 24 (1... More...    $0 (11-22-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. Kurt Carpentino

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charge with transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.



We rehearse the facts as supportably found by the
district court following the suppression hearing. See United
States v. Coombs, 857 F.3d 439, 443 (1st Cir. 2017); ... More...    $0 (11-22-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. Tony Leonard a/k/a Tom Cat, a/k/a Thomas Lee Jones

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with
one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and one count of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine charges.



In August 2017, Lewiston (Maine) Police Department
("LPD") Patrolman Zachary Provost submitted an affidavit in <... More...    $0 (11-10-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. HANNAH PATCH

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with maintaining a drug involved premises charge.



This sentencing appeal turns not
on what the record shows but, rather, on what the record fails to
show. The paucity of the evidence on the critical issue requires
us to vacate the defendant's sente... More...    $0 (10-17-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. LETTER FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE DATED JULY 21, 1780, and ALDRICH L. BOSS, as personal representative for the estate of STEWART R. CRANE and COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Acting by and through The Massachusetts Archive

Boston, MA - Civil Forfeiture lawyer represented defendant with a civil forfeiture action.



This civil forfeiture action begins — and ends — with
the provenance of the property that lies at its center. That
provenance is (unless otherwise indicated) uncontroverted.
Upon learning that British troops statio... More...    $0 (10-15-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. INYEMAR MANUEL SUAZO

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a motion to dismiss his federal New Hampshire prosecution on double jeopardy grounds. He was charged with conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, 400 grams or more of fentanyl and cocaine



On March 2, 2018, Suazo, along with Julio... More...    $0 (10-14-2021 - MA)

MARGARET BENSON v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, L.P.

Boston, MA - Disability Discrimination lawyer represented
Appellant-Plaintiff with disability discrimination under the Maine Human Rights Act and for retaliation under the Maine Whistleblower Protection Act and the Maine Human Rights Act charge.



We review the district court's grant of summary judgment
in favor ... More...    $0 (10-14-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. IVAN CRUZ-RIVERA

United States of America v. CARLOS JIMENEZ

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute one hundred grams or more of heroin, and one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin charges.



The facts are largely undisputed. "We rehearse the ... More...    $0 (10-14-2021 - MA)

Marla J. Cook v. Advance Stores Company, Inc., d/b/a Advance Auto Parts

Boston, MA: Personal injury premises liablity lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $1,056,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident caused by Defendant's employees.

This case was initially filed in the Plymouth Superior Court, 1983-cv-01028, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.... More...    $1 (07-30-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. FRANCISCO OSCAR GRULLON, a/k/a Frank

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with participating in a massive scheme to defraud the federal government by falsifying tax returns charge.



The Scheme

Beginning in October 2011, Grullon, a native of the
Dominican Republic who immigrated to the United States when he was
nine, c... More...    $0 (08-21-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. ROGER EDWARD PICARD

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing from an order that revoked his supervised release on the underlying conviction of failing to register as a sex offender charge.



On January 19, 1983, Picard was convicted in
Massachusetts state court of one count of Rape of a Child under 14 More...    $0 (08-21-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. JOSÉ PADILLA-GALARZA a/k/a Joey

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with armed bank robbery and related crimes charges.



Defendant-appellant José PadillaGalarza, having created a ruckus before a jury empaneled to hear
criminal charges against him for armed bank robbery and related
crimes, tries to turn the tables. He a... More...    $0 (08-18-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. JOSÉ CENTENO-GONZÁLEZ

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a unlawful possession of a firearm charge.



Because Centeno challenges his conviction on various
grounds, we will "provide a more or less neutral summary of the
key relevant evidence presented at trial." See United States v.
Flores-Rivera, 787 ... More...    $0 (08-18-2021 - MA)

WILFREDO FELICIANO-RODRÍGUEZ v. United States of America

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possess with intent to distribute controlled substances between in or about 1998 and March 11, 2004; conspiracy to use, carry or possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime charges.



On March 11, 2004, Feliciano, along with eleven codefendan... More...    $0 (08-18-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. JOHVANNY AYBAR-ULLOA

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charge.


United States law enforcement
authorities apprehended Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa ("Aybar") on a
stateless vessel in international waters carrying packages of
cocaine in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforc... More...    $0 (08-17-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. DANIEL FREDERICKSON

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a violating his supervised release charge.



We recount the facts as presented at Frederickson's
revocation hearing in the light most favorable to the government,
see United States v. Oquendo-Rivera, 586 F.3d 63, 66-67 (1st Cir.
2009), except wh... More...    $0 (08-14-2021 - MA)

United States of America v. MIGUEL QUILES-LOPEZ

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute charge.



This case is a consolidated
appeal by Miguel Quiles-Lopez to contest two separate sentences.
The first sentence followed after Quiles-Lopez pled
guilty to attempted possession... More...    $0 (08-13-2021 - MA)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JEREMY REICHBERG, also known as Jeremiah Reichberg, also known as Yermy Reichberg

New York, New York - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with multiple bribery and obstruction of justice charges.



Jeremy Reichberg was a self-styled Brooklyn “liaison” to the
NYPD,2 in the business of selling preferred outcomes to encounters
with law enforcement. Reichberg’s business model functioned b... More...    $0 (07-15-2021 - MA)

UNITED STATES v. IDALIA MALDONADO-PEÑA

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, cocaine base (aka crack), marijuana, and prescription pill charges.



These appeals arise from the drug conspiracy and
distribution convictions of five members of a vast drug trafficking
organization. Operating pri... More...    $0 (07-15-2021 - MA)

C.D. v. Natick Public School District





The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that students with certain disabilities be provided a "[f]ree appropriate public education" (FAPE) in the "[l]east restrictive environment" (LRE)... More...    $0 (05-23-2019 - MA)

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