Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez with illegal re-entry after deportation.

Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez, 32, of Philadelphia, PA and a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 24 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond for unlawfully re-entering the United States after being deported.

Buffalo, NY - The United States of America sued Christopher Casacci with trafficking in African wild cats.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Christopher Casacci, 38, of Amherst, New York, with violating the Lacey Act and the U.S. Animal Welfare Act based on his trafficking of African wild cats in interstate commerce.

The indictment charges that Casacci, doing b

Petitioners Kevin Bom, Stefanie Rodriguez, Gregory
Merritt, and Patricia Clement were social workers with the
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
(DCFS). In 2012 and 2013, petitioners provided emergency
and family maintenance services to seven-year-old Gabriel F.
(Gabriel), and members of his family. Approximately six weeks
after DCFS closed its ca

Raleigh, NC - The United States of America charged Phillip R. Carawan and Capt. Neill’s Seafood Inc. with violation of the Lacey Act.

Capt. Neill’s Seafood Inc. (Capt. Neill’s) of Columbia, North Carolina, and Phillip R. Carawan, the owner, President, and Chief Executive of Capt. Neill’s, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan, in New Bern, North Carolina. Capt. Neill

Mark and Eric Bingener appeal the trial court’s grant of
the City of Los Angeles’s (City) motion for summary judgment.
The City argued that it was not liable for the injuries caused by
Kim Rushton because he was not acting within the course of his
employment at the time of the accident. Specifically, the City
argued that the coming and going rule insulated it from liability.

Santa Ana, CA - David Gritz sued First American Financial Corporation seeking $5 million in damages based on a personal injury theory.

Defendants and appellants Sony Music Entertainment
(Sony), John Branca, as co-executor of the estate of Michael J.
Jackson (the Estate), and MJJ Productions, Inc. (collectively
Appellants) appealed from an order of the superior court partially
denying their motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute.
(Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)
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Tampa, FL - The United States of America charge Akbar Akram with illegally trafficking in live water monitor lizards from the Philippines.

Akbar Akram, a resident of Holiday, Florida, pleaded guilty to illegally trafficking live water monitor lizards from the Philippines.

Akram, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of wildlife trafficking in violation of the Lacey Act.

Accor

Alexandria, VA - The United States of America charged Lawrence B. Ryan with:

Title 18, United States Code, Section 371 - CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES/Title 21, United States Code, Section 853, and Title 28, United States Code. Section 2461(c)- Criminal Forfeiture
(1)

A Norfolk man pleaded guilty to conspiring to unlawfully sell prescription drugs to consumers witho

This case arises out of a dispute over payment for workers’ compensation
insurance. Plaintiffs are six companies affiliated with the Warwick Hotel chain
(collectively, Warwick). Defendants include several companies affiliated with Applied
Underwriters, Inc. (collectively, Applied). The trial court stayed the action based on
inconvenient forum as to all plaintiffs with the exception

Phoenix, AZ - The United States of America charged Christian Coxon and Laura Marye Wesley, a/k/a Laura Lott and Waleed Sarrar, a/k/a Willie Sarrar with conspiracy to import knock-off jewelry and fraud.

Three members of an international conspiracy to import knock-off jewelry from the Philippines and misrepresent it as Native-American have pleaded guilty for their roles in the fraudulent sc

Philadelphia, PA - The Family and Estate of Jozef Dudek, age 2, sued Ikea on a products liability theory claiming that a 70-pound Malm dresser was defective and unreasonably dangerous and one of them turned over on Jozef and killed him.

The Consumer Product Safety Administration reported in 2018, that between 2000 and 2017, 28,000 tip-over-related injuries and 542 deaths were reported rel

Sally Loeb sued the County of San Diego (County) for personal injuries she
allegedly sustained when she tripped on an uneven concrete pathway in a County park.
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The County filed successive motions for summary judgment (an initial motion, and a
renewed motion based on new evidence) based on its "trail immunity" defense, which
provides absolute immunity to public entities for i

Brooklyn, NY - The United States of America charged ABH Nature's Products, Inc., ABH Pharma, Inc., StockNutra.com; and Mohammed Jahirul Islam with distributing adulterated and misbranded dietary supplements and unapproved and misbranded drugs.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a consent decree barring three corporations, ABH Nature’s Product

New York, NY - The United States of America charged Grafton Thomas with obstructing the free exercise of religion.

GRAFTON THOMAS has been charged with five counts of obstructing the free exercise of religion in an attempt to kill, a federal hate crime, related to his machete attack during Hanukkah observances at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, on the night of December 28, 2019. THOM

Greg Mooradian and Debra A. Mooradian appeal from the
order denying their special motion to strike under Code of Civil
Procedure section 425.161 directed to the cross-complaint filed
against them by C.W. Howe Partners Inc. and its principal Carl
William Howe (collectively the Howes) for express indemnity,
equitable indemnity, contribution and declaratory relief. The
trial c

Fargo, ND - The United States of America charged Jonathan James Hill assault and battery resulting in serious bodily harm.

U.S. District Court, Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Jonathan James Hill, age 23, to 10 years in federal prison for the offense of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. Defendant Hill is an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe and the Sisseton Wa

On October 18, 2004, the Defendant Dover Area School Board of Directors passed by a 6-3 vote the following resolution:

Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design. Note: Origins of Life is not taught.

On November 19, 2004, the Defendant Dover Area School District announced by