Pablo Rubio, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a
Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision denying his application for Temporary
Protected Status (TPS) and ordering his removal. 1 The BIA determined that Rubio
is ineligible for TPS because he has been convicted of two or more misdemeanors.
See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(c)(2)(B)(i). Rubio argues this eligibility

Harris, a certified nursing assistant at Sunflower Supports Company (Sunflower), was a caregiver of J.H. who suffers from Down syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, and has limited vision. Harris took J.H. shopping for groceries and upon carrying the groceries inside, left J.H. momentarily unattended and buckled into the van seat. J.H. unbuckled her belt, stood up, fell out of the van, and suffered a cut

Baton Rouge, LA - Daryll Shelton sued 5 Star Truck Lines, Inc., Daniel McClure, Hallmark Specialty Insurance Company and Aspen American Insurance Company on auto negligence and insurance law theories.

Defendants removed the case to federal court and Plaintiff moved to remand.

Deever pled guilty to interference with law enforcement, a level 8 nonperson felony, after falsely accusing Officer Rex Vickers of beating and raping her. Deever's criminal history score put her in the presumptive probation box, but the State filed a motion for an upward dispositional departure asserting Deever's conduct during the commission of the offense manifested excessive brutality toward th

In 2013, Hendrix; BDOE, Inc.; and Hendrix's two other franchises (collectively Hendrix) filed suit against Sheridan; UES, LLC, the company that owned Unforked; and SFCC-Olathe, Inc. alleging fraud, breach of contract, and violations of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. He later amended the petition to include SFS. Hendrix sought damages in excess of $75,000 and a declaration that he did not have

Plaintiffs Ivan Arnold and Deirdre Seim filed separate lawsuits against
Defendant HomeAway, Inc.
1 In each case, HomeAway sought to compel arbitration. Concluding that both Seim and Arnold are bound to arbitrate threshold arbitrability questions, we REVERSE the judgment of the district court in Arnold’s case and AFFIRM the judgment in Seim’s. We REMAND both cases with instructions to compe

Defendant-Appellant Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest (“Hartford”) appeals the district court’s order denying its motion for summary judgment and granting that of Defendant-Appellee Axis Surplus Insurance Company (“Axis”). Hartford also challenges the district court’s grant of Axis’s motion to strike an affidavit submitted in support of its motion for summary judgment as untimely. For the

Baltimore, MD - Baltimore County Tax Preparer Found Guilty Of Filing False Tax Returns And Identity Theft

On May 22, 2018, a federal jury has convicted Dawn Chapelle Cottman, age 45, of Owings Mills, Maryland of fourteen counts of filing false tax returns, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Cottman owned a tax preparation business called 40 AM Tax Service, which she operated from

Professional Collection Consultants (PCC) filed this action to collect credit card
debt that Lujan incurred. The parties agree that if Delaware’s three-year statute of
limitations applies the action is time-barred, but that if California’s four-year statute
applies the case is timely filed. The trial court applied the Delaware statute, granting
summary judgment on statute of limita

Following a bench trial, the Petitioner, a foreign national from Pakistan, was convicted of two counts of sexual battery, a Class E felony. State v. Nasir Hakeem, No. M2012-02150-CCA-R3-CD, 2013 WL 6706122, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Dec. 18, 2013), perm. app. denied, (Tenn. May 14, 2014). On August 2, 2012, the trial court imposed concurrent, suspended sentences of eighteen months for each convict

Boston, MA - Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges

Alexander Ciccolo, aka, Ali Al Amriki, 25, of Adams, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today in connection with a plot to engage in terrorist activity inspired by and in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Ciccolo pleaded guilty to one count of attempti

Buffalo, NY - Kingsmen President, Regional President, And Member Convicted By A Federal Jury Of Murder And Racketeering Following Four Month Trial

Following a four-month trial, a federal jury in Buffalo, New York, has convicted three leaders and members of the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club (KMC), including the National President, of multiple charges for their roles in a major racketeering oper

Rasheed Abiodun Akanni challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction for marriage fraud in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1325(c), which prohibits "knowingly enter[ing] into a marriage for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws." He does not challenge his felony convictions for making false statements to immigration officials. We affirm.1
The evidence pres

The parties appeal and cross-appeal a judgment after a jury trial in this
business dispute. Plaintiff and cross-defendant Duncan E. Prince obtained a judgment of
$647,706.48 against defendant and cross-complainant Invensure Insurance Brokers, Inc.
(Invensure). Invensure took nothing on its cross-complaint against Prince and his related
business entity, cross-defendant ERM Insurance

A defendant who enters a
guilty plea waives numerous constitutional rights. State v.
Bangert, 131 Wis. 2d 246, 270, 389 N.W.2d 12 (1986).
Accordingly, "[u]nder the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the United States Constitution,[1] a defendant's
1 The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U

In 2014, Appellant Tommy Dowdy suffered a serious
injury to his left leg as the result of an automobile accident.
His leg was eventually amputated below the knee. Mr.
Dowdy and his wife, Sharon Morris-Dowdy, sought
accidental dismemberment benefits under an employee
welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Appellee

San Diego, CA - Airline Staffing Executive Sentenced to Prison for Years of Immigration Fraud

Eleno Quinteros, Jr., the former vice president of operations for two airline mechanic staffing companies, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for making false statements in support of legal permanent resident petitions for dozens of the companies’ mechanics.

Quinteros previously

Good fences make good neighbors. Unless they obstruct an
easement.
Shelly Albert’s neighbor, Henri Baccouche, sued her for
“abatement of private nuisance,” alleging Albert had erected and
refused to remove a fence that partially blocked the only road
leading to Baccouche’s undeveloped property. Albert tendered
Baccouche’s complaint to her homeowners and umbrella insurers,

Benaroya Pictures (Benaroya) contracted with Westside
Corporation (Westside) to pay the well-known actor Bruce Willis, the
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president of Westside, to perform in a movie to be produced by
Benaroya. After a dispute arose regarding Willis’ payment, Willis and
Westside (collectively respondents) commenced arbitration proceedings
against Benaroya, pursuant to the arbitration c

Richmond, VA - Cyber-Criminal Residing in Latvia Convicted for Role in Operation of Counter Antivirus Service “Scan4you”
Criminal Service Helped Hackers Evade Defenses of U.S. Businesses

A federal jury on May 16, 2018 convicted a Latvian “non-citizen,” meaning a citizen of the former USSR who had been residing in Riga, Latvia, of three counts related to his operation of “Scan4you,” a

Tulsa, OK - Retired Tulsa Police Officer Sentenced to 30 Years' In Prison For Sexual Exploitation

The United States of American charged Noel A. McFadden, age 71, with:

Count: 1 Citation: 18:2251.F Offense Level: 4
18:2251(a) and 2251(e): Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Count: 2 Citation: 18:2422.F Offense Level: 4
18:2422(b): Enticement
Count:

Tucson, AZ - Sarah Shimomura sued American Medical Response Incorporated, Juan Briones, Molly Briones and Southwest Ambulance of Tucson Incorporated on an auto negligence theory.

Defendant attempted to remove the case to federal court and Plaintiff moved to remand.

Plaintiff is a student at the University and the driver of the defendant's vehicle is a result of Arizona. She cla

In January 2011, Richard Wiederhold swerved into the median to avoid a vehicle
that had pulled out in front of him. His vehicle drifted through the median and back across
the roadway, flipped over once or twice, and came to rest in a ditch. The collision
immediately rendered him a quadriplegic. The other vehicle was driven by Jeffrey Kidd,
who was delivering pizza for Domino

Jackson, MS - Estate of Andyn Tress Temple Gardner used First American Title Insurance Company on an insurance law theory.

Henry House, Linda Murrell (the House Parties), and other plaintiffs
sued Green Tree Servicing and various other entities (the Green Tree Parties)
in a related action.1 The Green Tree Parties initiated the present suit in
1 Green Tree Servicing, L.L.C. v. Billy Brown, No. 17-60105.
Case: 17-60164 Document: 00514471076 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/14/2018
No. 17-60164
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