Wisconsin Central, Ltd. terminated Todd Smith-Bunge. He sued for unlawful
retaliation under the Federal Railroad Safety Act. 49 U.S.C. § 20109. The district
court1 granted summary judgment to Wisconsin Central. Smith-Bunge appeals that
decision and two discovery rulings. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this
court affirms.
In 2013, Wisconsin Central suspended Smith-B

A motorist brought a personal injury action against appellant Union Pacific
Railroad Company (Union Pacific) and respondent Ameron Pole Products LLC (Ameron)
following a car accident in which she suffered serious injuries. Union Pacific filed a
cross-complaint against Ameron for equitable indemnity and apportionment. Ameron
moved for summary judgment, arguing the motorist would be

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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unreasonable. Fo

This case concerns a Mississippi law that prohibits abortions, with limited exceptions, after 15 weeks’ gestational age. The central question before us is whether this law is an unconstitutional ban on pre-viability abortions. In an unbroken line dating to Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s abortion cases have established (and affirmed, and re-affirmed) a woman’s right to choose an abortion before v

New Orleans, LA - The United States of America charged Alvaro Jose Meza-Gonzalez with illegally using a social security number.

ALVARO JOSE MEZA-GONZALEZ ( MEZA-GONZALEZ), age 39, a native of Nicaragua, was sentenced on December 12, 2019 after previously pleading guilty to illegally using a Social Security number to obtain employment, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sectio

A. The Raceway
The Laguna Seca Raceway (the Raceway) is a motor racing circuit2
located in
Salinas and owned by the County. The County and SCRAMP are parties to a concession
agreement under which they co-manage the Raceway. Pursuant to the concession
agreement, SCRAMP manages the Raceway’s day-to-day operations, and the County is
responsible for drainage issues.
A varie

Atlanta, GA - The United States of America charged Carmen Pearson with wire, radio or television fraud, false statements and misuse of social security number.

Carmen Pearson has pleaded guilty to stealing over $175,000 from the federal government by concealing her father’s death from the Social Security Administration for nine years so that she could continue to receive his Social Securi

San Diego, CA - The United States of America charged Almamy Baba Ly with identity theft.

Almamy Baba Ly was sentenced in federal court this morning to 30 months in prison for misusing the identity of a deceased American citizen for 31 years in order to obtain identification documents and thousands of dollars in federal, state and local government benefits.

U.S. District Judge Ant

This lawsuit arises out of an altercation between plaintiff
David Bernstein, a bartender, and defendant Shia LaBeouf, an
actor. LaBeouf confronted Bernstein and called him a “racist”
after Bernstein refused to serve LaBeouf and his companion
alcohol. Video footage of the incident was later posted on the
internet and broadcast on television. Bernstein sued LaBeouf for
assaul

Shreveport, LA - The United States of America charged Robert C. Poimboeuf with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Robert C. Poimboeuf, a Shreveport business owner, pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns.

According to documents and information provided to the court, Robert C. Poimboeuf, 57, along with his wife, owned and operated D&G Holdings, LLC, (D&G) a local medical

This appeal raises an important issue concerning the investigative authority
of two committees of the United States House of Representatives and the
protection of privacy due the President of the United States suing in his individual,
not official, capacity with respect to financial records. The specific issue is the
lawfulness of three subpoenas issued by the House Committee on Fi

We address for the first time whether a conviction under South Carolina’s voyeurism1 statute constitutes a “sex offense” requiring registration under the Sexual Offender Registration Act (“SORNA”). Arguing it does not, Helton moved to dismiss the indictment alleging that he failed to register as a sex offender under SORNA. The district court denied Helton’s motion, holding that a conviction under

Peter Sepling moved under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for the District Court to vacate the judgment of sentence imposed following his guilty plea based upon his attorney’s alleged ineffectiveness during his sentencing in 2014. Sepling asks us to vacate the order of the District Court denying this motion. We agree that he was prejudiced by his counsel’s ineffectiveness and we will therefore vacate the Distric

Norman, OK - Betty Jones, Brenda Lee Sadler and Joyce A. Walker sued John Ty Vineyard, Kemper Value & Fittings Company and Zurich American Insurance Company on personal injury, auto negligence, respondeat superior and auto insurance theories claiming to have been injured and/or damages in a car truck wreck caused by Vineyard.

Miami, FL - The United States of America charged Dr. Jeanne E. Germeil with illegally dispensing opioid pain medication and contempt of court pending sentencing.

Dr. Jeanne E. Germeil, 55, of Aventura, Florida was sentenced to a total of 210 months in prison after having been convicted at trial of illegally dispensing opioid pain medications and contempt of court pending sentencing.
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LegalMatch operates an online website, www.legalmatch.com, that connects
individuals to lawyers. Individuals who utilize the service are invited to fill out an intake
form with information about their legal issue. Users must select their specific geographic
location and the legal category that relates to their issue, such as business litigation,
family

The San Diego County (County) Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to
the County's general land use plan, which would allow for the development of over 2,100
homes in a previously designated rural area of the County. Residents opposed to the
change in land use circulated a referendum petition and gathered enough signatures to
have the matter placed on an election ballot. To p

Eugene, OR - The United States of America charged Xiao Dong Qin with conspiracy to smuggle endangered turtles from the United States.

A Chinese national pleaded guilty today for directing a scheme whereby hundreds of endangered and vulnerable turtles were purchased in the U.S. and smuggled via U.S. mail and commercial airline flights to China.

Xiao Dong Qin, 34, a resident of Sha

St. Louis, MO - The United States of America charged Cedric T. David, Jr. with conspiracy to launder drug money.

Cedric T. Davis, Jr., 21, of American Canyon, California, was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to launder drug proceeds via Moneygrams. Davis appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey.

According

Chicago, IL - The United States of America charged Nestor Burgos with drug transportation and possession of a firarm with a silence in furtherance of drug trafficking.

A Chiago suburban man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in transporting fentanyl and other drugs to the United States from China and selling it on the streets of Chicago.

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