After Governor Brown announced his intention to dissolve redevelopment
agencies, but before the legislation passed, City of Galt entered into an agreement (the
Cooperative Agreement) with its former redevelopment agency under which the former
redevelopment agency agreed to finance several parts of the redevelopment plan, totaling
more than $22,000,000. To obtain money for the finan

In history and literature, the name “Draco” has been associated with some notorious characters. Draco of ancient Greece is perhaps best known for the harsh legal code he composed, which inspired the word “draconian.” Antonios Loizides, Draco’s Law Code, ANCIENT HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA http://www.ancient.eu/ Dracos_Law_Code/ (last visited May 12, 2017). Draco Lucius Malfoy, of course, is Harry Potter’

Minneapolis, MN - Leader Of A Multi-State Heroin Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 300 Months In Prison

Omar Beasley and his co-conspirators trafficked heroin and other drugs to the Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservations from Detroit, Chicago, and Minneapolis

Omar Sharif Beasley, 39, for leading a multi-state heroin trafficking conspiracy. BEASLEY, who was charged alo

Atlanta, GA - Fourth Defendant Convicted for Role in Atlanta-Based Mexican Sex Trafficking Ring

Severiano Martinez-Rojas, also known as “Negro” and “Gato,” of Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico, has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of sex trafficking and admitted his participation in the sex trafficking of three victims.

“This defendant’s guilty plea represents another succ

Appellant met the victim at a party thrown by Appellant’s niece, the victim’s friend at the time. When the offenses allegedly occurred, the victim was fourteen years old and Appellant was thirty-nine. Following the party at which they met, Appellant text-messaged and called the victim often. Eventually, per the State, their relationship grew sexual.

The victim testified that she and

Greeneville, TN - Johnson City Resident Sentenced to Serve Over Eight Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine and Firearms Offenses

Joey Edward Holmes, 39, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge, to serve 100 months in federal prison. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for

This case presents two issues: (1) Is a trial court ruling denying a request
for a jury trial in a civil action subject to review prior to trial by a petition for an
extraordinary writ or may such a ruling be reviewed only by appeal after trial?
and (2) Is there a right to a jury trial in a health care facility whistleblower action
for retaliatory termination brought pursuant to He

Medical residencies are a vital component of American medical education. McKeesport Hosp. v. ACGME, 24 F.3d 519, 525 (3d Cir. 1994). They provide new doctors a supervised transition between the pure academics of medical school and the realities of practice. Generally they do so successfully: Our nation’s residency programs reliably produce some of the “finest physicians and medical researchers in

Plaintiff James Kingsbury, acting as the personal representative of his mother’s estate, brought the underlying action against the Defendants in their capacities as partners of the limited partnership that owned the nursing home where Mr. Kingsbury’s mother resided at the time of her death. The general partner appeals the judgment entered against it by the district court on the ground that the a

Greenville, TN - Newport Resident Sentenced to Serve 188 Months in Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Firearms

Freddie Coufax Swaggerty, 52, of Newport, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 188 months in federal prison. Swaggerty was also ordered to remain under supervised release by the U.S. Probation Office for five years after he is r

Seattle, WA - Ship’s Owner and Operator Ordered to Pay $1.3 Million Fine and $200,000 Community Service Payment for Violating Pollution Laws, Falsifying Records and Scheming to Defraud

Ship Discharged Oily Waste on Voyage from China to Seattle; False Log Books given to Coast Guard Inspectors

The companies that own and operate a Greek shipping vessel were sentenced today in U.S. D

Fayetteville, AR - Rogers Man Sentenced to Maximum of 20 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

Francisco Sanchez, age 37 of Rogers, was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Sanchez was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided

All facts are stated as of the time of trial. Varel International and Varel Europe
manufacture oilfield and mining drill bit products. James Nixon is the “president and CEO” of
Varel International, which has its “corporate headquarters” in Carrolton, Texas. In August 2006,
PetroDrillBits and Varel International entered into a Sales Technical Service Representation
Agreement

On December 2, 2014, Todd Jones ("Mr. Jones") submitted to Secretary of State
Jason Kander ("Secretary of State") an initiative petition sample sheet proposing to amend
article VIII of the Missouri Constitution by adding section 23 ("Proposed Measure"). Mr.
Jones is the Deputy Treasurer of Returning Government to the People, a campaign
committee organized under the laws of the

Los Angeles, CA - Three Lead Defendants in Large Racketeering Case Targeting Crips Gang Plead Guilty to Federal Charges, Including Murder Conspiracy

With guilty pleas by a leader of the Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips (BGC), the three lead defendants in the largest racketeering case currently pending in Los Angeles have now pleaded guilty.

Tyrine Martinez, also kn

ATLANTA - Major Cyber-Criminal Extradited From Czech Republic to Face Charges in Atlanta
Ukrainian National Charged as the Lead Casher in the 2008 Hack of RBS WorldPay

Evgeny Tarasovich Levitskyy, a/k/a Vinchenco, a/k/a Vinch, a/k/a M.U.R.D.E.R.E.R., 31, of Nikolaev, Ukraine, was arraigned before Catherine M. Salinas, United States Magistrate Judge, on federal charges of conspiracy to

Tulsa, OK - Former Community College Employee Sentenced

The United States of America charged Martell Edwar Alexander, ag3 32, with student assistance fraud in violation of 20 U.S.C. 1097, wrongful destruction of records in violation of 20 U.S.C. 1097 and making a false statement in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001.

The Government claimed that Alexander altered school records for 43 s

This matter comes before the Court on the Petitions for Review of Final Agency Action filed separately in each of these consolidated actions, challenging the Bureau of Land Management's issuance of regulations applying to hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. The Court, having considered the briefs and materials submitted in support of the petitions and the oppositions thereto, includi

Fairfax, VA - ISIL-Linked Hacker Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support

Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, 20, a citizen of Kosovo, pleaded guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and accessing a protected computer without authorization and obtaining information.

“Ferizi admitted to st

Alexandria, VA - Romanian Hacker “Guccifer” Pleads Guilty to Computer Hacking Crimes

Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker “Guccifer,” pleaded guilty to unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft.

“Cybercriminals like Marcel Lazar believe they can act with impunity from safe havens abroad, but the Justice Dep

With the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, Congress created Amtrak, a for-profit corporation indirectly controlled by the President of the United States. This public venture into private enterprise was, and remains, unprecedented. With the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA), Congress piled anomaly on top of anomaly. See 122 Stat. 4907. It endowed this wholly unique

Sentences Imposed in Township 37 Marijuana Grow Case

Contact: Joel Casey
F. Todd Lowell
Assistant United States Attorneys
Tel: (207) 945-0373

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Malcolm French, 54, of Enfield; Rodney Russell, 52, of South Thomaston; and Kendall Chase, 59, of Bradford; were sentenced today in U.S. District Court

The facts are drawn from the Complaint, the operative limited partnership
agreements, other documents that are integral to the Complaint and matters of
which the Court may take judicial notice. a. The Parties
Plaintiff Peter Brinckerhoff (“Brinckerhoff” or “Plaintiff”), individually and
as trustee of the Peter R. Brinckerhoff Rev. Tr. U.A. DTD 10/17/97 (the “Trust”),
bring

Dylan was a 24-year-old resident of Oberlin. At the time of this incident, he was in a sexual relationship with Sarah Campbell, who was also seeing Corey Cook. Sarah was staying with Dylan's close friends, Everett and Jordan Urban. Of note, Jordan had previously dated Corey.
In early October 2011, Corey was in town on leave from the Air Force. Sarah decided to tell Corey about her relationsh