Native American Law
 
United States of America v. MELVYN GEAR

San Francisco - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a
possessing a firearm while “being an alien who had been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa.” charge.



This case comes to us from down under. Melvyn Gear
is a native of Australia who moved to Hawaii in January
2013

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United States of America v. WILLIAM GREEN

San Francisco - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possession of images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct charge.



At issue is whether a condition of supervised release that
appellant William Green may not “patronize any place”
where sexually explicit “materials or entertainm

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United States of America v. Carl Gene Ortner, Jr.

Tulsa, OK: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexually abusing a Native American minor and for illegally possessing feathers, talons and heads from seven bald eagles and seven golden eagles.

Carl Gene Ortner, 57, of Quapaw, was sentenced to life in federal prison and ordered him to pay a $100,000 fine.

“The victim in this case and two others bravely came

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United States of America v. Kenneth Jackson, Jr.

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with three counts of carjacking and, as relevant here, three counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence charges.



In May of 2017, a jury convicted Jackson and the district court sentenced him on three
counts of carjacking and, as relevan

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United States of America v. James Read

Fort Smith, AR: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with making false statements, money laundering and wire fraud.

James Read, 45, of Mountain Home was charged for his abuse of various COVID-19 related economic relief programs. According to court documents, Read falsified documents to apply for Small Business Administration loans intended for businesses struggling from

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Vitalina Lucas Lopez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented Petitioner after an Immigration Judge (IJ) issued an in absentia removal order. She now now petitions for review of that decision



Vitalina Lopez is a native and citizen of Guatemala who entered the United States in the
1990s without admission or parole. In 2003

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United States of America v. Jennifer Riccardi

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with stealing 1,505 gift cards from the mail charge.



In September 2017, an Ohioan mailed a $25 Starbucks gift card from the City of Mentor
in northeast Ohio. The gift card never reached its destination at an address in nearby Parma.
The sender com

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Philip Marsteller and Robert Swisher ex rel. United States of America v. MD Helicopters, Inc.

Huntsville, AL: Qui Tam lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a False Claims Act Violation theory claiming that Defendant fraudulently induced the United States Arm into contract with Saudi Arabia, El Salvador and Costa Rica.

The Army wanted to buy military helicopters to send under its Foreign Military Sales program to three American aillies: Sanudi Arabia, El Salvador an

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United States of America v. Demetrius Brooks

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a being a felon in possession of a firearm charge.



Because the district court denied Brooks’s motion to suppress and the jury convicted him,
we recount the facts in the light most favorable to the prosecution. See United States v. Maya,
966

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United States of America v. Demetrius Brooks

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a felon-in-possession charge.



Because the district court denied Brooks’s motion to suppress and the jury convicted him,
we recount the facts in the light most favorable to the prosecution. See United States v. Maya,
966 F.3d 493, 496 (6th C

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United States of America v. Kyle Quentin Sago

Tulsa, OK: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first degree murder in Indian Country.

Kyle Quentin Sago, age 31, was charged with first degree murder to shooting and killing Daniel Morgan.

On July 25, 2020, Officers from the Tulsa Police Department were notified of a shooting that occurred within the Muscogee Nation reservation. A witness, victim Daniel Mor

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State of Oklahoma v. Stacey Berry

Vinita, OK: Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

1. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE (FELONY)

2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE (FELONY)

3. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE (FELONY)

4. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE (FELONY)

5. SEXUAL BATTERY (FELONY)

Defendant is a Native American and the alleged crimes occurred in Indian County. Per the Mc

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United States of America v. Henrry Adrian Milla Campuzano

Miami, FL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and extortion.

Henrry Adrian Milla Campuzano, 37, from Lima, Peru, was charged with conspiring to commit mail fraud and wire fraud through two Peruvian call centers that he owned and operated. The defendant, along with his co-conspirators, used false statements and threats to

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United States of America v. Yusuf Adebowale Masha

New Orleans, LA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with eight charges of false use of a passport, and eight charges of misuse of a passport.



At trial, John Weber testified that he was president and owner of
Software Toolbox, Inc., a software manufacturing company located in
United States Court of A

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United States of America v. John T. Earnest

San Diego, CA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with 113 counts of hate crimes.

John T. Earnest, age 22, of Rancho Penasquitos pleaded guilty in federal court today to a 113-count hate crimes indictment, admitting that he set fire to an Escondido mosque and opened fire in a Poway synagogue because he wanted to kill Muslims and Jews. The religiously- and racially-motiv

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United States of America v. Jeremy Clawson

Portland, OR: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently converting to his own personal use federal money intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jeremy Clawson, 32, was charged with theft of public money in violation of 18 U.S.C. 641.

“Recent federal relief programs, like those authorized by the CARES Act, were designed to

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United States of America v. Lori Ann Villanueva Talens

Norfolk, VA: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged counterfeiting fraudulent coupons.

“These two defendants have been sentenced and held accountable for operating one of the largest coupon fraud schemes ever discovered in the United States, resulting in over $31 million in losses to victims across the country,” said Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern Dist

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United States of America v. John R. Lynch

Detroit, MI: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud, embezzlement and stealing funds from a charitable organization.

In March 2012, John R. Lynch, age 56, became the CFO of the Holy Cross organization, and in January 2015 he became its CEO. Holy Cross was established in 1948 when Boysville of Michigan was incorporated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic

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United States of America v. ERIC SCURRY, ALSO KNOWN AS E

Washington, DC - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with distributing and
possessing with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of crack cocaine charges.



In 2009, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began
investigating suspected narcotics distribution at an apartm

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United States of America v. Lori Ann Talens and Husband

Norfolk, VA: Perpetrating a counterfeit coupon fraud scheme that cost retailers and manufacturers over $31 million in losses criminal defense lawyer represented Lori Ann Talens.

A Virginia Beach woman was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, following last month’s sentencing of her husband to over 7 years in prison, for perpetrating a counterfeit coupon fraud scheme that cost retailer

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United States of America v. John Drago

Central Islip, NY: Illegal structuring of financial transactions and payroll tax evasion criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, John Drago, age 57, the former owner/operator of several check cashing businesses on Long Island, pleaded guilty to illegally structuring financial transactions and payroll tax evasion. The proceeding took place before United States District Judge Gary R. Brown.

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United States of America v. Bamidele Muraina

Atlanta, GA: Fraud with identification documents criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Bamidele Muraina, a Nigerian national who hacked into tax preparation firms and filed fraudulent unemployment benefit claims and tax returns using stolen personally identifiable information, and Gabriel Kalembo, a previously convicted fraudster who laundered the fraudulent assets, have been sentenced to

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CHARLES KEVIN SIMPSON v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a being a felon in possession of a firearm charge.



In 2018, Mr. Simpson pled guilty in a Florida court to being a felon in
possession of a firearm, in violation of Fla. Stat. §§ 790.23(1) & 775.087(2)(a)(1),
and to the improper exhibition o

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United States of America v. KELVIN LORENZO HARRIS, JAMES ARCHIBALD

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime charges.


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These are the essential facts adduced at trial. As part

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SENTHOORAN MURUGAN versus U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL

Atlanta, Georgia - Immigration Appeals lawyer represented Petitioner with petitioning for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), affirming the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture charge.



Murugan is a native and citizen

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