1. The Legal Background: General Principles
The California Coastal Act (the Coastal Act) was passed in
1976. (Pub. Resources Code, § 30000 et seq.)
1 It is
“a comprehensive scheme to govern land use planning for the
entire coastal zone of California.” (Yost v. Thomas (1984) 36 Cal.3d
561, 565 (Yost).) The Coastal Act requires “all local governments
lying in whole or in ... More...   $0 (04-05-2020 - CA)

Lake Charles, LA - The United States of America charged Ezequiel Vega-Solano with illegal transportation of aliens.

Ezequiel Vega-Solano, a 22-year old Mexican national, previously residing in Foley, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to illegal alien transportation, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph. Vega-Solano, originally from Sonora, Mexico, was in the United States as a Deferred Act... More...   $0 (03-05-2020 - LA)

Forty years ago, Congress recognized that refugees fleeing imminent persecution do not have the luxury of choosing their escape route into the United States. It mandated equity in its treatment of all refugees, however they arrived.1
This principle is embedded in the Refugee Act of 1980, which established an asylum procedure available to any migrant, “irrespective of such alien’s status,” and ... More...   $0 (02-29-2020 - CA)

This insurance coverage dispute between Appellant Textron Inc.
(Textron) and respondent Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
(Travelers) raises the issue whether an earlier choice of law ruling in a
Rhode Island coverage action between the parties qualifies for collateral
and judicial estoppel effect, thus precluding Textron from seeking
coverage under California law in the cu... More...   $0 (02-27-2020 - CA)

Milwaukee, WI - United States of America charged Ivan Alexis Nunez with conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl.

van Alexis Nunez and his co-conspirators. Ivan Alexis Nunez (age: 45) of Milwaukee, WI was sentenced by the Honorable J.P. Stadtmueller to 120 months in federal prison for leading a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl. Nunez previously pleaded guilty to conspira... More...   $0 (02-26-2020 - )

The California Values Act, Government Code section 7284 et seq. (the
CVA), restricts the ability of local law enforcement agencies to inquire into immigration
status, place individuals on an immigration hold, and use personnel or resources to
participate in certain immigration enforcement activities. The issue we address is
whether charter cities are exempt from compliance with one... More...   $0 (02-24-2020 - CA)

Atlanta, GA - The United States of America charged Yuly Cesar Perez-Sale with marriage and immigration fraud.

Yuly Cesar Perez-Sale is the last of 31 defendants to be sentenced in connection with four-related indictments alleging marriage fraud and other immigration offenses concerning fraudulent marriages between Cuban nationals and United States citizens, and undocumented aliens from th... More...   $0 (01-31-2020 - GA)

Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Ana Molina with mail fraud and identity theft.

Ana Molina, 56, of New Jersey, entered a plea of guilty to seven counts of mail fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft arising from a scheme to defraud people who sought her help pursuing legitimate immigration status in the United States.

The defendant owned and ope... More...   $0 (01-23-2020 - PA)

Las Vegas, NV - The United States of America charged Sylvester Mitchell with selling firearms without a license.

A Las Vegas man who sold nearly 200 firearms without a Federal Firearms License was sentenced to two years and five months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.

“Through Project Guardian, the Department of Justice is focused on preventing and p... More...   $0 (01-20-2020 - NV)

Houston, TX - The United States of America charged Hitesh Madhubhai Patel, a/k/a Hitesh Hinglaj with wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy.

An Indian national pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of Texas for his role in operating and funding India-based call centers whose callers, and U.S.-based conspirators, defrauded U.S. victims out of millions of dollars between 2013 a... More...   $0 (01-10-2020 - TX)

Ediberto Aguilar-Calvo pleaded guilty to illegal reentry by a previously deported felon, and the district court sentenced him to thirty-eight months in prison, to run consecutive to an eight-month sentence for a supervised-release violation. Aguilar-Calvo now appeals this sentence on the ground that it is procedurally
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No. 19-5278 United States v. Aguilar-Calvo Page 2
unreasonable. Fo... More...   $0 (12-16-2019 - TN)

Syracuse, NY - The United States of America charged Alfredo Carballo Nava with immigration fraud.

A jury convicted Alfredo Carballo Nava, age 26, a citizen of Mexico staying in Homer, New York, of one count of immigration fraud for using a counterfeit permanent resident card. The jury acquitted the defendant of one count of social security fraud.

Evidence presented during the t... More...   $0 (12-12-2019 - NY)

New York, NY - The United States of America charged Ali Kourani providing material support or resources to terrorists.

Ali Kourani, 35, was sentenced to 40 years in prison based on terrorism, sanctions, and immigration convictions arising from Kourani’s illicit work as an operative for the Islamic Jihad Organization, Hizballah’s external attack-planning component.

“While living i... More...   $0 (12-03-2019 - NY)

In this interlocutory appeal, defendant Wilco Life Insurance Company (“Wilco”) appeals from the district court’s order granting plaintiff Vanessa Anderson’s motion to remand this putative class action back to a Georgia state court. In this case, Anderson, on behalf of herself and all those similarly situated, sued her former insurer, Wilco. Anderson alleges that Wilco improperly raised the cost of... More...   $0 (12-02-2019 - GA)

Columbus, OH - The United States of America charged Abdikarim Abdirahman with preparation of a false tax return.

A Columbus businessman pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return.

According to information provided in court, Abdikarim Abdirahman, 57, was the general manager of Diversity Home Health Care (Diversity), a home health care agency op... More...   $0 (11-21-2019 - OH)

Pittsburgh, PA - The United States of America charged Rajinder Singh and Makhan Singh with:

Two brothers residing in the Pittsburgh-area have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and visa fraud.

The three-count Indictment, returned on Nov. 6 and unsealed Friday, named Rajinder Singh, 43, of Pittsburgh, and Makhan Singh, 53, of Monroeville, ... More...   $0 (11-13-2019 - PA)

Plaintiffs and appellants Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Los Angeles,
Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Asian Law Caucus, and the American Civil
Liberties Union of Northern California (collectively plaintiffs) appeal from a judgment
denying their petition for writ of mandate. Plaintiffs claim defendant and respondent
Alex Padilla, the California Secretary of State, has misinterp... More...   $0 (11-11-2019 - CA)

Tulsa, OK - The United States of America charged Christian Alvarado Morales with:

18:1028(f) and 1028(b)(1)(A)(i)-Conspiracy to Transfer Identification Documents; 18:982(a), 1028(b)(5), and 28:2461(c)-Identity Theft Forfeiture
(1)
18:1028A(a)(1)-Aggravated Identity Theft; 18:982(a), 1028(b)(5), and 28:2461(c)-Identity Theft Forfeiture
(2-3)
18:1028A(a)(1)-Aggravated ... More...   $0 (11-10-2019 - OK)