For the third time, we are called upon to assess the legality of the President’s efforts to bar over 150 million nationals of six designated countries1 from entering the United States or being issued immigrant visas that they would ordinarily be qualified to receive. To do so, we must consider the statutory and constitutional limits of the President’s power to curtail entry of foreign nationals in... More...   $0 (12-22-2017 - HI)

Real parties in interest, Four J’s Community Living Center, Inc. (“Four J’s) and Anthonia Uduma (“Uduma”), have filed motions for rehearing and for en banc reconsideration of our April 27, 2017 opinion. We deny the motion for rehearing, but withdraw our opinion and issue the following opinion in its stead. Because we issue a new opinion in connection with the denial of rehearing, the motion for en... More...   $0 (12-18-2017 - TX)

Sometime after 11:00 p.m., Walter Ortiz Gonzalez, an employee of the InTown Suites
hotel, received a telephone call from a guest, who was concerned about a “little girl” running
around in the building. Upon investigation, Mr. Gonzalez saw a little girl running around in the
building and climbing on the third floor balcony. Mr. Gonzalez stated he did not see an adult with
the ... More...   $0 (12-17-2017 - TX)

Richmond, VA - Virginia Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking 15-Year-Old Girl

Christian Don’Tae Hood, 25, was convicted by a federal jury in August 2017 of sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor. On the first day of trial, Hood’s co-defendant Abdul Bangura, 20, pleaded guilty to, among other offenses, sex trafficking of a minor a... More...   $0 (12-01-2017 - VA)

Katherine Dunn was assaulted on December 6, 2014, in the trailer she lived in on
Murdock Road. Following the assault, Dunn knocked on the door of a house down the street
from the trailer, and the neighbor called 911. The neighbor relayed to Dunn questions posed by
the 911 operator about what had occurred, and Dunn responded that she had been stabbed and
“some black guy” beat ... More...   $0 (11-30-2017 - TX)

Familiarity with the facts of this case, as set forth in this
court’s decision in Adelson v. Harris, 774 F.3d 803 (2d Cir. 2014), is
assumed. This case involves defamation claims brought by
Appellant Sheldon Adelson against Appellees National Jewish
Democratic Council, its Chair, Marc Stanley, and its President and
CEO, David Harris. Appellant’s claim of defamation is based on<... More...   $0 (11-29-2017 - NY)

The State tried Mr. Martin on four counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony, for sexually abusing his sisters-in-law A.L. and N.L. while occupying “a position of special trust in relation to” them. UTAH CODE § 76-5-404.1(4)(h). ¶ 7 At trial, A.L. testified that Mr. Martin had touched her vagina on four different occasions while he was supervising her; N.L. testified tha... More...   $0 (11-26-2017 - UT)

Governments speak. They also petition. And they act in
ways that are neither speaking nor petitioning. It is important to
distinguish between the three, because Code of Civil Procedure
section 425.16 (section 425.16) may apply to the first two, but not
the third.
This case concerns whether the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes properly issued a permit for a fence separating twoMore...   $0 (11-25-2017 - CA)

Scranton, PA - Monroe County Man Sentenced To 17 ½ Years In Prison For Heroin And Sex Trafficking

Jose Velazquez, age 27, was sentenced on November 17, 2017 to 17 ½ years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that stretched from Stroudsburg to New York to the state of Maine, and forcing or coercing women into engage... More...   $0 (11-23-2017 - PA)

Governments speak. They also petition. And they act in
ways that are neither speaking nor petitioning. It is important to
distinguish between the three, because Code of Civil Procedure
section 425.16 (section 425.16) may apply to the first two, but not
the third.
This case concerns whether the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes properly issued a permit for a fence separating twoMore...   $0 (11-22-2017 - CA)

The complainant, M.W., a sixteen-year-old girl, texted with appellant after
meeting on an online dating website. M.W. informed appellant that she was a senior
in high school. Through text messages and social media, appellant recruited M.W.
to prostitute herself and have him as her pimp. M.W., a prior victim of human
trafficking, told appellant that she had done escorting before... More...   $0 (11-20-2017 - TX)

Seattle, WA - Seattle Area Man Convicted of 17 Federal Felonies for Scheme to Exploit Young Women and Juveniles in Prostitution - Defendant Posed as Documentary Filmmaker to Entice and Blackmail Women into Commercial Sex Activity

A 51 year-old Seattle-area man was convicted on November 8, 2017 in U.S. District Court in Seattle of 17 federal felonies for his scheme to recruit young women a... More...   $0 (11-09-2017 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Seattle Area Man Convicted of Multiple Counts of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, Sex Trafficking of a Minor, and Production of Child Pornography

A 51 year-old Seattle-area man was convicted of 17 federal felonies on November 6, 2017 in the U.S. District Court in Seattle for his scheme to recruit young women and girls and force them to engage in prostitutionMore...   $0 (11-07-2017 - WA)

Trevino was arrested during a sting operation conducted by the Austin Police
Department (APD) in the Rundberg Lane area of Austin, Texas. As part of the operation, Officer
Baldemar Ortiz, wearing plain clothes and driving an unmarked car through the area, spotted a
woman, later identified as Trevino, walking on the sidewalk. According to his testimony at trial,
Office Ortiz honke... More...   $0 (11-04-2017 - TX)

Santa Ana, CA - Inland Empire Pimp Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking Twenty Women and Girls as Prostitutes

A pimp, known by the moniker “Classified,” who recruited approximately 20 women and girls through a social media website and advertised their services as prostitutes in an online publication, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking ... More...   $0 (11-04-2017 - CA)

Tampa, FL - Sex Trafficker Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison For Interstate Prostitution

Gary Paul Moorman (35, Cincinnati, Ohio) was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, the statutory maximum penalty, for inducement to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity. He pleaded guilty on July 21, 2017.

According to court documents, Moorman systematically and violently a... More...   $0 (11-04-2017 - FL)

Tulsa, OK - Jury Finds Man Guilty of Sexual Abuse and Recommends Life In Prison

The State of Oklahoma charged Brian Paul Campbell, a/k/a "Daddy", age 38, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHSA, SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F
Date of Offense: 07/01/2014
Party Name
CAMPBELL, BRIAN PAUL
Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHSA, SEXUAL ABUS... More...   $0 (11-03-2017 - OK)

Houston, TX - Houston Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Sex Trafficking

A 29-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction on two counts of sex trafficking by the use of force, fraud and coercion, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Roger Maldonado pleaded guilty Sept. 13, 2016.

U.S. District Judge Nancy F. Atlas took into consideration Mal... More...   $0 (10-23-2017 - TX)

Fort Worth, TX - Fort Worth Man Admits to Child Sex Trafficking

Marquist Fulcher, aka “Keezie,” 28, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renee Harris Toliver, to one count of conspiracy to commit child sex trafficking.

Fulcher faces a maximum penalty of up to life in prison and a $250,000 fine. Fulcher will remain in custody pending sentencing which ... More...   $0 (10-20-2017 - TX)

In this consolidated writ proceeding, Jennifer S. (mother) and Kenneth S.
(father) seek extraordinary relief from the juvenile court order denying them both
reunification services with respect to their infant daughter, K.S. (born January 2017), and
setting a permanency planning hearing pursuant to section 366.26 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.1
At the June 2017 dispositi... More...   $0 (10-04-2017 - CA)

It is a crime to produce outside the United States a visual
depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and
to then transport that visual depiction into the United States.
18 U.S.C. § 2251(c). It is also a crime to attempt to produce
and transport into the United States a visual depiction of a
minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. 18 U.S.C.
§ 2251(e).More...   $0 (09-29-2017 - AK)

¶1 In October of 2015, Adam Ray Fry (Petitioner) brought a proceeding in the district court of Canadian County for an order to "deregister" as a sex offender. Petitioner contended he was entitled to this relief based on an earlier order entered by the sentencing judge in his Pottawatomie County criminal case. In that case, Petitioner received a five year deferred sentence based on his plea to a ch... More...   $0 (09-26-2017 - OK)

New Haven, CT - New London Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Heroin Involved in Southeastern Connecticut Overdoses

Nestor Santana, a/k/a "Beans, 30, of New London, pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to a heroin distribution charge stemming from an investigation of two drug overdose deaths in May 2016.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in the early... More...   $0 (09-21-2017 - CT)

Jesus Barragan, Pablo Franco, Francisco Gutierrez, and Hector Fernandez were convicted of conspiracy in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”); Barragan was also convicted of drug crimes. They appeal their convictions and sentences. Although we find a portion of the prosecutor’s closing argument improper, we conclude that prejudice has not been shown
UNITE... More...   $0 (09-09-2017 - ca)

Law Cruces, NM - Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Woman for Prostitution in Hobbs, New Mexico

Markell Quashan Sweargin, 19, of Lubbock, Tex., pled guilty to transporting a person for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.

Sweargin was arrested in June 2017, on a criminal complaint charging him with transporting a person in interstate commerce for the purpose of forcing t... More...   $0 (09-08-2017 - NM)