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United States of America v. IRA LEE WILKINS

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a firearm after a felony conviction charge.



At sentencing, the district court imposed supervised-release
conditions, including inpatient treatment for drug abuse. Mr. Wilkins
argues that the district court plainly erred by requiring i

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United States of America v. JOSE YOBANI MADRID-BECERRA, AKA Jose Jobane Madrid Becerra, AKA Jose Madrid-Mesena

San Francisco, CA - Immigration lawyer represented defendant with a illegal re-entry charge.



The panel affirmed a sentence in a case in which the
defendant, who was convicted of illegal re-entry under
8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), argued that the district court erred by
applying U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1(d), which assign

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United States of America v. Marshaun Jordan Merrett, also known as Sheez United States of America v. Johnnathan Monroe Frencher, also known as Ten

St. Louis - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with being members of a drug trafficking organization charge.



The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) made five controlled drug buys from
Frencher while investigating the drug trafficking organization that Merrett and
Frencher had joined. To complete the

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United States of America v. Ricky Lanier and Katrina Lanier

Cincinnati, OH: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, and major fraud against the federal government.



Five years ago, Ricky and Katrina Lanier were tried for conspiracy, wire fraud, and major
fraud against the federal government. R. 151 (Second Superseding Indictment at 1

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United States of America v. Sardar Ashrafkhan

Cincinnati, Ohio- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, and two counts of money
laundering charges.



Sardar Ashrafkhan was the owner of Compassionate Doctors ("Compassionate”), a
med

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United States of America v. JAMES HAROLD RHODES

New Orleans, LA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of traveling interstate with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a juvenile charge.



The relevant facts of this case are undisputed, and the
following recitation thereof is taken primarily from the factual
resume submitted to the d

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Baby Dolls Topless v. City of Dallas Texas

New Orleans, LA - First Amendment rights lawyer represented Plaintiff-Appellant with arguing whether the City of Dallas violated certain establishments' First Amendment rights claim.



In 1986, after studying other cities' efforts in regulating
SOBs, the City enacted Chapter 41A of the Dallas City Code "to
promote t

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United States of America v. JESUS CHAVEZ United States of America v. RUDY MENDOZA

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants
with the assault of another inmate at United States Penitentiary ("USP”) Canaan charge.



We write primarily for the parties so our summary of the facts is brief. On July
17, 2017, a video camera at USP Canaan captured footage of the assault vi

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United States of America v. Jae Y. Lee and Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL)

Seattle, WA: The United States of America claimed that Jae Lee and Northestern Physicians Laboratory violated the False Claims Act by engaging in a kick-back scheme.

Jae Lee, 50, of Bellevue, Washington, served as the CEO of Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL) from January 1, 2013, until July 30, 2015. Lee agreed to pay $500,000 within 30 days of the settlement agreement, with additi

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United States of America v. RAFAEL PÉREZ-RODRÍGUEZ

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with an attempted enticement of a minor for unlawful sexual activity charge.



In 2015, Ryan Seig, a special agent with the child
exploitation unit of Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"),
conducted a sting operation using the geosocial networking

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United States of America v. ROOSEVELT COATS, III

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with state drug and weapons charges charges.



Defendant was arrested in 2017 on state drug and weapons charges after
making several controlled drug sales to a confidential informant ("CI”). The
transactions between Defendant and the CI were m

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Jeannie Parker v. United Airlines, Inc.

Salt Lake City, UT: Employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Family and Medical Leave Act violation theory under 29 U.S.C. 2601.

The Family and Medical Leave Act provides as follows:

§2612. Leave requirement
(a) In general
(1) Entitlement to leave

Subject to section 2613 of this title and subsection (d)(3), an eligible employee

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United States of America v. ROBERTO SIERRA-ESTRADA, a/k/a Chorizo

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a conspiring to distribute methamphetamine charge.



On March 7, 2001, the FBI received a tip from a confidential informant that
Mr. Sierra-Estrada and another individual, later identified as Gabino Sanchez,
were planning to transport methamphetamine t

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United States of America v. IRA LEE WILKINS

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a firearm after a felony conviction charge. On appeal, Mr. Wilkins argues that the district court plainly erred before trial and at the sentencing.



Before trial, the attorneys stipulated to two elements: (1) a prior felony conviction and (2) kn

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United States of America v. LAWRENCE JAMES HALAMEK

San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity (Count 1) and traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct (Count 2) charges.



Lawrence Halamek was tried and convicted on two
counts, arising from Halamek's trans

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ROBERT W. BETHEL v. CHARLOTTE JENKINS, Warden; MICHAEL ALLEN EIRING, Lieutenant; TIMOTHY SHOOP, Warden

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented an incarcerated inmate with a CCI policy—prohibiting inmates from receiving packages ordered by third parties from unapproved vendors claim.




Bethel is presently incarcerated at CCI in Chillicothe, Ohio, serving a capital sentence.
On February 6, 201

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United States of America v. RICKY ANTHONY LANIER (16-6655); KATRINA RESHINA LANIER (16-6657)

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with an allegedly committing fraud against the federal government charge.



06–08).
5After the district court initially denied the Laniers' motion, the Laniers filed an emergency motion with
this court. No. 16-6655, 16-6657 R. 38 (Sixth Cir.

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United States of America v. RICKY ANTHONY LANIER (16-6655); KATRINA RESHINA LANIER (16-6657)

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with conspiracy, wire fraud, and major fraud against the federal government charges.



Five years ago, Ricky and Katrina Lanier were tried for conspiracy, wire fraud, and major
fraud against the federal government. R. 151 (Second Superseding Indictment

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United States of America v. Dayakar Moparty; Harcharan Singh Narang

New Orleans, LA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and money laundering charges.



This direct criminal appeal stems from various federal health care
fraud convictions. On May 17, 2017, a grand jury indicted Narang,
Dr. Gurnaib Singh Si

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United States of America v. Buck Gene Brune

New Orleans, LA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing more than 50 grams of methamhetamine.” charge.



Brune distributed at least 50–75 pounds of meth over nine months.
For five months, he sold half a pound of meth to

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United States of America v. Jonathon Nora

New Orleans, LA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with three crimes: conspiracy to commit health care fraud; conspiracy to pay or receive illegal health care kickbacks; and aiding and abetting health care fraud charges.



While Nora is the sole appellant in this case, he was not alone at trial.
Nora was

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United States of America v. LILLIAN AKWUBA

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiring to distribute and distributing controlled substances and conspiring to commit and committing health care fraud charges.



Ms. Akwuba was convicted of issuing and conspiring to issue prescriptions
for controlled substances improperly, cons

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United States of America v. ROOSEVELT COATS, III

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



Defendant was arrested in 2017 on state drug and weapons charges after
making several controlled drug sales to a confidential informant ("CI”). The
transactions between Defendant and the CI wer

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United States of America v. TYRONNE POLLARD, JR.

St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a gun as a felon charge.



In December 2017, Pollard was indicted for possessing a
gun as a felon. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). As the crime
implies, this was not Pollard's first offense. Over the last
twenty years, he was convic

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United States of America v. DYLANN STORM ROOF Criminal Death Penalty

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, and one weapon-possession count charges.



I. OVERVIEW
In 2015, Dylann Storm Roof, then 21 years old, shot and killed nine members of the
historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church ("

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