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United States of America v. Rezart Rakaj and Kliton Rakaj




New Haven, CT - New Haven Property Owners Who Illegally Removed Asbestos are Sentenced

REZART RAKAJ, 35, of Ansonia, and KLITON RAKAJ, 39, of Monroe, were sentenced in New Haven federal court for offenses related to the illegal and dangerous removal of asbestos at a New Have

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Damien Guedes v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Explosives





In October 2017, a lone gunman armed with bump-stock-enhanced semiautomatic weapons murdered 58 people and wounded hundreds more in a mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the wake of that tragedy, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“Bureau

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Brian Douglas Rambo v. The State of Texas



Aggravated sexual assault and one
count of indecency with a child



Appellant was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one
count of

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Johnnie Teresa Marchisio v. Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC





This is the second federal action filed by Plaintiffs Johnnie Teresa Marchisio and Adrian Marchisio against Defendant Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC. Defendant’s repeated failures to accurately report the status of Plaintiffs’ mortgage loans prompted both actions. Sp

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Scott Lynn Gibson, a/k/a Vanessa Lynn v. Bryan Collier




A state does not inflict cruel and unusual punishment by declining to provide sex reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate. The only federal court of appeals to decide such a claim to date has so held as an en banc court. See Kosilek v. Spencer, 774 F.3d 63, 76–78, 87–89, 96 (1st C

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United States of America v. Marco Antonio De La Garza, Jr.




Tucson, AZ - The United States of America charged Marco Antonio De La Garza, Jr., age 38, false statement or representation in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001 and false statement in application for a passport in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1542.<

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Trekeymian Jamal Allison v. The State of Texas





Jose Jimenez was shot in the head on September 8, 2016. Jimenez, who was alone at the
time of his attack, woke up in a pool of his own b

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Ashley Eva Morrison v. The State of Texas





It is uncontroverted that sixteen-year-old Christian Sims (Sims) shot and killed his
grandmother, Annie Lois Si

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United States of America v. Harold Thomas Martin, III




Baltimore, MD - Former Government Contractor Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge of Willful Retention of National Defense Information
Law Enforcement Recovered Classified Material, Stolen Over Two Decades, From the Defendant’s Home and Car

Harold Thomas Mar

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Norma L. Cooke v. Jackson National Life Insurance Company





In this suit under the diversity
jurisdiction, a district court ordered Jackson National Life
Insurance to pay about $191,000 on a policy of life insurance.
243 F. Supp. 3d 987 (N.D. Ill. 2017). The court a

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RODNEY WEINEL V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY








Rebekah Osterhage was watching television at home when she noticed
movements at the front door. Rebekah went to the door and saw Weinel
attempting to look into the residence. When Rebekah opened the door, W

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STATE OF OHIO - vs - JON P. KRUG





This is the fourth time Mr. Krug has appealed to this court in regard to his
underlying conviction and sentence on four counts of felonious assault, each with a repeat
violent offender specification, and one count of carrying c

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Shyriaa Henderson v. United Student Aid Funds, Inc. d/b/a USA Funds





Shyriaa Henderson appeals the district’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee United Student Aids Funds, Inc. (USA Funds). The district court incorrectly held that a reasonable jury could not hold USA Funds vicariously

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Corrie Nelson v. USAble Mutual Insurance Company, d/b/a Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield




Plaintiff Corrie Nelson appeals the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment
against her 42 U.S.C. § 1981 race-discrimination claim. Having jurisdiction under
28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.
I. Background
Nelson, an African-American woman, began working at Arkansas Bl

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State of Ohio v. Drakkar D. Groce





By indictment filed June 24, 2016, plaintiff-appellee, State of Ohio, charged Groce with one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity in violation of R.C. 2923.32, a first-degree felony; one count of trafficking in cocaine in v

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Teresa Buchanan v. F. King Alexander




Plaintiff-Appellant Dr. Teresa Buchanan (“Dr. Buchanan”) was fired from her tenured professorship by the Board of Supervisors (“the Board”) of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (“LSU”) in June 2015. In January 2016, Dr. Buchanan filed the instant lawsui

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Daniel Nieto v. Fresno Beverage Company, Inc.

Plaintiff Daniel Nieto was employed for many years as a delivery driver for
defendant Fresno Beverage Company, Inc., doing business as Valley Wide Beverage
Company (VWB). After being terminated from his employment, Nieto filed a class
action lawsuit against VWB alleging various wage and hour violations under California
labor law. VWB responded by filing a petition to compel arbitra

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Jacqueline Lewis v. City of Union City, Georgia





Faced with a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, a plaintiff asserting an intentional-discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Protection Clause, or 42 U.S.C. § 1981 must make

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United States of America v. Joshua James Cooley




At around one in the morning, Joshua James Cooley and his young child were parked in a white truck on the westbound shoulder of United States Route 212, within the Crow Indian Reservation in southern Montana.1 James D. Saylor, a highway safety officer for the Crow Police Departmen

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Tim P. Brundle v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.




After owners of a closely held corporation sold the company to its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”), a participant in the ESOP brought this action. The participant contended that the trustee chosen for the ESOP by the corporation breached its fiduciary duties to the ESOP and overpaid

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United States of America v. Cesar Sayoc




New York, NY - Cesar Sayoc Pleads Guilty To 65 Felonies For Mailing 16 Improvised Explosive Devices In Connection With October 2018 Domestic Terrorist Attack
Sayoc Pled Guilty to 65 Felonies, Including Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Interstate Mailing of Explo

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United States of America v. David Sommers




Philadelphia, PA - Man Pleads Guilty in Pennsylvania to Trafficking Protected Turtles

David Sommers pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to trafficking protected turtles.

On July 10, 2018, a grand jury charged Som

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United States of America v. Sirous Asgari





In 2012, federal agents learned that Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari was working on cutting-edge metallurgy research at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The government suspected that Asgari had lied on his visa application and had transmi

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United States of America v. Dazhai Q. Brumfield




East St. Louis, IL - Man Responsible for Centralia Robberies Gets Six and a Half Years in Prison

Dazhai Q. Brumfield, 20, has been sentenced to serve 78 months in federal prison for his role in a string of violent robberies committed in 2017 in Centrali

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United States of America v. Tamela M. Lee





Defendant Tamela M. Lee (“Defendant” or “Lee”) appeals from the district court judgment convicting her on six counts after a plea of not guilty and sentencing her to a total term of sixty months’ imprisonment. Counts One through Four concerned conspiracy to

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