This cause arises from a motor vehicle accident between Ronald J. Fox and James R. Mize that occurred on July 29, 2015, near Sunnylane Road and Indian Hills Road in Norman, Oklahoma. Mr. Mize was traveling northbound on Sunnylane Road in a tractor-trailer owned by his employer, Van Eaton Ready Mix, Inc., when he made a left turn onto Van Eaton's property. According to the traffic collision report,... More...   $0 (09-19-2018 - OK)

Phoenix, AZ - Chinle Man Sentenced To 37 Months in Prison for Shooting Incident on Navajo Reservation

Andrew Emerson Beno, 31, of Chinle, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Beno had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.

Beno admitted to using a shotgun ... More...   $0 (09-19-2018 - AZ)

The Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and tribal members Madonna
Pappan and Lisa Young brought this action against various South Dakota officials
under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They challenged procedures used in proceedings brought by
the State to remove children temporarily from their homes in exigent circumstances.
The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants were engaged in on... More...   $0 (09-18-2018 - SD)

Albuquerque, NM - Navajo Man from McKinley County Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Abuse Charge

Joe Lee Haines, 36, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Tinian, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a child abuse charge. Haines’ plea agreement recommends a prison sentence of a year and a day followed by a term of supervised release to be determ... More...   $0 (09-17-2018 - NM)

Muskogee, OK - Okemah Man Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Sexual Abuse Of A Minor

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Johnny Wayne Harjo Jr., age 41, of Okemah, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Aggravated Sexual Abuse, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1153, 2241(a) and 2246, punishable by a term of imprisonment of any... More...   $0 (09-17-2018 - OK)

Mother is the biological mother of J.D.P., J.L.T., and T.K.C. Each child has a different father. In this appeal we are only concerned with the issue of the termination of Mother's rights. The record is extensive but a brief overview of the proceedings is helpful to an understanding of the issues on appeal. J.D.P., J.L.T., and T.K.C. were all adjudicated to be CINC in separate legal proceedings ... More...   $0 (09-17-2018 - KS)

We are called upon once again to determine the scope of persons who the Commonwealth may lawfully seek to commit as sexually dangerous persons under G. L. c. 123A. 2 General Laws c. 123A, § 12 (b), authorizes the Commonwealth to file a petition to civilly commit a "prisoner or youth" deemed likely to be a "sexually dangerous person" (SDP), as that phrase is defined in G. L. c. 123A, § 1. "Pr... More...   $0 (09-16-2018 - MA)

Appellants and petitioners Richard Sander and the First Amendment Coalition
(Petitioners) challenge the trial court’s denial of their petition for writ of mandate seeking
to obtain information from the State Bar of California’s bar admissions database.
Specifically, Petitioners seek individually unidentifiable records for all applicants to the
California Bar Examination from 1972 t... More...   $0 (09-16-2018 - CA)

McAlester, OK - Jury Convicts Father of Murder for Drowning Daughter in Baptism

The State of Oklahoma charged Devin Warren Sizemore, age 23, with:

1. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE - 21 O.S. 701.1

2. BATTERY/ASSAULT & BATTERY ON POLICE OFFICER

The State charged by Defendant drowned his 2-year-old daughter Emily in a pond in Choctaw Park in Krebs, Oklahoma on ... More...   $0 (09-15-2018 - OK)

Bangor, ME - Old Town Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography

Kenneth McLay, 46, of Old Town, Maine, pleaded guilty on September 10, 2018 in U.S. District Court to distribution and possession of child pornography.

According to court records, the defendant obtained sexually explicit videos of a minor from the internet and uploaded some of these videos... More...   $0 (09-13-2018 - ME)

Concord, NH - Dalton Man Sentenced to Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking

Jared Peterson, 28, of Dalton was sentenced on Tuesday to serve five years in prison for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 18, 2017, after a drug investigation, law enforcement officers from the Franconia, Sugar Hill, ... More...   $0 (09-12-2018 - NH)

The City of Pensacola, Florida appeals a district court decision ordering it to remove a 34-foot Latin cross from a public park on the ground that the City’s maintenance of the cross violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. Having concluded that we are bound by existing Circuit precedent, we find ourselves constrained to affirm.
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The pertinent facts are undisputed. In 1941, th... More...   $0 (09-12-2018 - FL)

Pocatello, ID - Blackfoot Man Sentenced to 105 Months in Prison for Sage Hill Casino Robbery

Dillon McCandless, 28, of Blackfoot, was sentenced on August 31, 2018 to 105 months in prison for the July 2017 robbery of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Sage Hill Casino, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered that McCandless serve five years ... More...   $0 (09-11-2018 - ID)

On August 31, 2016, Investigator Ralph Sciple of the Neshoba County Sheriff’s Department received a phone call from Gerald Beam, the owner of a local pawn shop. Beam told Sciple that a black man had just tried to pawn a Mantis tiller. Beam suspected that the tiller was stolen, although the record does not indicate why Beam was suspicious. Beam gave Sciple the tag number for the vehicle that the... More...   $0 (09-09-2018 - FL)

Appellants and petitioners Richard Sander and the First Amendment Coalition
(Petitioners) challenge the trial court’s denial of their petition for writ of mandate seeking
to obtain information from the State Bar of California’s bar admissions database.
Specifically, Petitioners seek individually unidentifiable records for all applicants to the
California Bar Examination from 1972 t... More...   $0 (09-07-2018 - CA)

Albuquerque, NM - Non-Indian Man Residing on Laguna Pueblo Sentenced for Federal Child Abuse Conviction

Aris Jaramillo, 36, a non-Indian man residing in the Village of Encinal, in the Pueblo of Laguna, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to one year of probation for his conviction on a child abuse charge.

Jaramillo was arrested in Aug. 2017, on a crim... More...   $0 (09-06-2018 - NM)

Columbus, OH - Former Coshocton Public Housing Director Pleads Guilty to Embezzling HUD Funds

The former Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Coshocton Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) has pleaded guilty in a federal public corruption case.

Gregory J. Darr, 64, of Coshocton, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to embezzling more than $431,000 f... More...   $0 (09-06-2018 - OH)

The Tubbses own and operate a farm in a floodplain near the Missouri River in Holt
County, Missouri. The farm is located just southeast of Big Lake and about three-and-a-half
miles east of the Missouri River. BNSF, an interstate freight railroad, owns and operates a track
that runs east to west across the floodplain and bisects the Tubbses’ farm. The track sits atop an
earth... More...   $0 (09-05-2018 - MO)

We take the facts as described by the Tribe in its complaint. See Ocasio-Hernández v. Fortuño-Burset, 640 F.3d 1, 5 (1st Cir. 2011). The Tribe's grievance stems from an agreement reached between the Tribe and state and federal agencies under the auspices of the National Historic Preservation Act, 54 U.S.C. § 300101 et seq. (the "NHPA" or the "Act"). The NHPA requires federal agencies over... More...   $0 (09-05-2018 - RI)

Appellant, along with Adam Joshua Arredondo and Emilio Suniga III, were indicted for the offenses of engaging in organized criminal activity, aggravated robbery, and aggravated assault, each arising out of the alleged robbery of the J.P. Game Room in Victoria, Texas, on or about March 27, 2016. At appellant’s trial, Henry Nguyen testified that he was the manager of the J.P. Game Room. His em... More...   $0 (09-02-2018 - TX)

The Narragansett Indian Tribe (the "Tribe") appeals the district
court's dismissal of its complaint against a handful of federal and
Rhode Island agencies concerning a highway bridge reconstruction over
historic tribal land. At base, the Tribe contends that the state of
Rhode Island broke a promise made to the Tribe. Because this is not
the type of claim federal courts may... More...   $0 (09-01-2018 - RI)

Washington, DC - Jury Finds Texas Man Guilty of Aggravated Assault With Hate/Bias-Crime Enhancement

Defendant Beat Sikh Man Wearing a Turban

Dylan Millhausen, 26, of Houston, Texas, has been found guilty by a jury of aggravated assault, with a hate-crime enhancement, for beating an Indian Sikh man two years ago in Northwest Washington.

The verdict was returne... More...   $0 (08-31-2018 - DC)

Matthew Durham appeals his convictions and sentence on four counts for illicit
sex with minors in Kenya after travelling there from the United States. This opinion
addresses the following eight issues presented for appellate review.
1. Is 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c), the statute on which the convictions
were based, unconstitutional on its face and as applied to Mr.
Durham because it ex... More...   $0 (08-30-2018 - OK)

Milwaukee, WI - Keshena Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Prison for Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child on Menominee Indian Reservation

Ricki A. Mahkimetas, Jr. (age: 25), of Keshena, was sentenced on August 22, 2018 to 200 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release after a conviction for Abusive Sexual Contact on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The sentence was the result of a Jun... More...   $0 (08-27-2018 - WI)

This is a consolidated appeal of 30 separate lawsuits. Most plaintiffs-appellants are individuals with severe autism. Defendant-appellee is Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US, Inc. (“Disney”), a division of The Walt Disney Company.
In separate lawsuits, plaintiffs filed claims alleging that Disney, at six of its theme parks, fails to accommodate their disabilities, in violation of Title III of t... More...   $0 (08-21-2018 - FL)