Georgia Fourth Amendment Law
Emma Jane Prospero v. Deputy Ryan Sullivan, et al.
Brunswick, Georgia pro se Plaintiff representing herself without a lawyer on a civil rights claims.<br> <br> Emma Jane Prospero has, by her own account, called 911 "a<br> gazillion times.†Among the issues she complained about,<br> Prospero often called to report gunshots coming from behind a gas<br> station near her home that the Camden County Sheriff's Office<br> ("the Sheriff's Officeâ�... More...
$0 (09-10-2025 - GA)Adam Sindell v. Latonya Coach, et al.
Macon, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Civil Rights Act violation theory.<br> <br> In June 2020, Sindell was a pretrial detainee in the Houston<br> County Jail.1 He resided in the L-Pod section of the jail, which<br> housed roughly eighty pretrial detainees. Jail officials checked de-<br> tainees' cells three times per day for contraband and rule violations.... More...
$0 (08-19-2025 - GA)Jamie Cunningham v. Cobb County, Georgia, et al.
Savannah, Georgia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that he civil rights were violation through the use of excessive force.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> In July 2020, Jamie Cunningham burglarized a car dealership in Cobb County, Georgia, and fled the scene. Cobb County police officers chased after him and used physical force to handcuff and arrest him. Following his arrest, C... More...
$0 (06-30-2025 - GA)United States of America v. Andre Michael Dubois
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> The Supreme Court requires appeallate courts to decide whether United States v. Rahimi, 144 S. Ct. 1889 (2024),<br> abrogated our decision in United States v. Rozier, 598 F.3d 768, 770–71 (11th Cir. 2010), upholding the federal law that bars felons from possessing firearm... More...
$0 (06-10-2025 - GA)Deshawn Gervin v. Pamela Florence, and Tandria Milton
Macon, Georgia civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who claimed his Fourth, Eighth,<br> and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated.<br> <br> The Plaintiff claimed that his probation was wrongfully revoked and he was held for 104 days.<br> <br> The state court did not revoke Gervin's probation. It concluded that the State had failed to meet its burden to show that<br> Gervin violated h... More...
$0 (06-10-2025 - GA)Gregory and Jodi Vaugh v. Windfield Homeowners Association, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia, real property lawyers represented the Plaintiffs and the Defendant in a condominium law dispute.<br> <br> In 2023, the Vaughns purchased one of the lots in the Windfield subdivision. It is undisputed that the Vaughns paid assessments on the property as directed by the existing owners' association. The seller's disclosure and the Vaughns' closing documents listed the association ... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - GA)United States of America v. Wayne L. McKinley
Athens, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> Wayne L. McKinley, 36, of Athens, was sentenced as a career offender to serve 220 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of heroin and one count of distribution of cocaine before U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Roy... More...
$0 (09-19-2023 - GA)United States of America v. Juan Martinez
Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to steal aircraft design and testing information in a plot to shorten the regulatory approval process for another company's aircraft technology.<br> <br> Juan Martinez, 53, of Yorba Linda, California, was convicted after a five-day trial in U.S. District Court in Savannah on one count of Conspiracy to Steal Tra... More...
$0 (08-30-2023 - GA)Waseem Daker v. Joyette M. Holmes
Atlanta, Georgia civil rights lawyer represent Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on First Amendment violation theories.<br> <br> n November 1995, a Cobb County, Georgia grand jury indicted Daker for two counts of aggravated stalking. On July 19, 1996, Daker appeared at a bond hearing before then-Cobb County Superior Court Chief Magistrate Judge Victor Reynolds, which was transcribed by court reporter... More...
$0 (06-14-2022 - GA)Marjorie Taylor Greene v. Brad Raffensperger, et al.
Atlanta, Georgia civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on Civil Right Act violation theories.<br> <br> Judge Amy Totenberg of the U.S. District for the Northern District of Georgia has denied Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's application for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order that, if granted, would have halted disqualification challenge pr... More...
$0 (04-25-2022 - GA)Martin Cowen, et al. v. Secretary of State of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on constitutional law violation theory.<br> <br> Georgia law places restrictions on which prospective candidates for elective office can appear on the general election ballot. Over the past 50 years, courts have repeatedly rejected constitutional challenges to these ballot-access laws: first the Supreme Court, then our p... More...
$0 (01-06-2022 - GA)United States Department of Labor v. William H. Lovett, Jr.
<center><h2><font color="red"> Atlanta, GA- Fair Labor Standards Act lawyer represented defendant with being sued to enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime and recordkeeping requirements, seeking back pay, liquidated damages, and a permanent injunction. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Lovett is a veterinarian who owns and operates Hardee Animal Clinic in Wauchula, Florida. In that... More...
$0 (12-26-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Antonio Marquis Roddy
<center><h2><font color="red"> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery; two counts of Hobbs Act robbery; brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence; and discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> From May 2015 through July 20, 2017, Roddy and five others <br> ... More...
$0 (12-26-2021 - GA)Mark A. Thompson v. DeKalb County, GA, et al
<center><h2><font color="red"> Atlanta, GA- Discrimination lawyer represented defendant with claiming that he was fired because of his age. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> Thompson was a senior assistant county attorney for the <br> DeKalb County law department. He was the lead (and effectively <br> sole) attorney representing the county in Champion v. DeKalb <br> County, a breach of c... More...
$0 (12-25-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Patrick Tonge and Serge Francois
<center><h2><font color="red"> Atlanta, GA- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy, healthcare fraud, paying illegal healthcare kickbacks, introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, money laundering, obstruction, and making false statements charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The defendants' convictions, and thus these appeals, begin<br> and end with... More...
$0 (12-25-2021 - GA)Miguel Mesa v. United States of America
<center><h2><font color="red"> Atlanta, GA- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In September 2009, Craig Sizer hired Mesa to sell shares of <br> stock in Sanomedics International Holdings, Inc. ("Sanomedicsâ€), <br> which claimed to develop and market a line of non-contact infrared <br> t... More...
$0 (12-25-2021 - GA)Jai Devon Lee v. United States of America
<center><h2><font color="red"> Atlanta, GA- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> three counts: (1) identity theft; (2) access device fraud; and (3) aggravated identity theft charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Mr. Lee attempted to sell documents containing over 1,000 <br> social security numbers and other personal information to an undercover agent. A jury convicted... More...
$0 (12-24-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Peter Robert Bobal
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempting to persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity and committing a felony involving a minor while required to register as a sex offender. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In October 2017, a 62-year-old woman living with her 18-year-old daughter <br> in Hallandale Beach, F... More...
$0 (11-21-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Deangelo Lenard Johnson
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a domestic violence by strangulation and assault charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 1996, Congress prohibited anyone convicted of a misdemeanor that <br> involved domestic violence from possessing a firearm. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9). <br> Senator Frank Lautenberg, who sponsore... More...
$0 (11-21-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Xavier Levar Smit
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a being a felon in possession of a firearm charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Smith's firearm conviction at issue was initially the subject of state <br> proceedings recounted below.<br> A. State Court Charges and Plea Negotiations<br> In June 2018, members of the Palm Beach County ... More...
$0 (11-21-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Joshua Reshi Dudley
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a firearm as a convicted felon charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Joshua Dudley pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, in <br> violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The district court imposed the Armed Career <br> Criminal Act's ("ACCAâ€) sentenc... More...
$0 (11-09-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Alston Orlando Leroy Williams
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a <br> sex trafficking charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Deborah was 16 years old when she first met Alston Williams.1<br> She had dropped out of high school and was pursuing her GED; she lived with her father, <br> but her home life was complicated. That's when a friend, Marilyn, ... More...
$0 (11-09-2021 - GA)Stewart J. Smith v. United States of America
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with this lawsuit in federal district court against the United States, proceeding under the Federal Tort Claims Act claiming the Department of Veterans Affairs (the "VAâ€) breached their legal duty to exercise ordinary medical care and negligently failed to diagnose his throat cancer and immedia... More...
$0 (11-09-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Jose Miguel Cordero
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a <br> one count of accessing with intent to view child pornography charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 2013, Cordero, pursuant to a written plea agreement, pleaded guilty to one <br> count of accessing with intent to view child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. <br> § 2252... More...
$0 (11-08-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Roosevelt Coats, III
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> a being a felon in possession of a firearm charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Defendant was arrested in 2017 on state drug and weapons charges after <br> making several controlled drug sales to a confidential informant ("CIâ€). The <br> transactions between Defendant a... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Antonio Soul Gonzalez
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> a possessing 50 grams or more of cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine) with intent to distribute charge. He now appeals the denial of his motion for a sentence reduction. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Pursuant to a plea agreement, Mr. Gonzalez pled guilty in 2005 to possessing... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Mordechai Korf, et al.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented Movants - Appellants with asserting attorney-client and work-product about privilege seized materials that are claimed to be privileged. Movants - Appellants were part of a criminal investigation into money laundering, conspiracy to money launder, and wire fraud </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Th... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - GA)United States of America v. James Bernard Braddy
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On September 27, 2018, Officer Austin Sullivan pulled over Braddy on <br> Interst... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Latecia Watkins
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with being charged with four drug-related crimes. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Two packages were sent into this country from Trinidad and Tobago. Both <br> had cocaine hidden inside. And both were oddly addressed. One was addressed to <br> "Margaret Simpson†at the Boca Raton Pos... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - GA)Fred Somers v. United States of America
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a aggravated assault charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In Somers v. United States, 799 F. App'x 691 (11th Cir. 2020) ("Somers Iâ€), <br> issued on January 14, 2020, we affirmed the district court's denial of appellant <br> Fred Somers's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacat... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Eddie Lee Perry, Chad Ragin
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine and in excess of 280 grams of cocaine base. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In this consolidated appeal, Perry presents multiple challenges to his <br> convictions, while Ragin attacks his sentence... More...
$0 (11-07-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Francisco Joseph Arcila Ramirez
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <p>Colombian law enforcement were investigating how illicit <br> firearms and ammunition were smuggled into Colombia and <br> distributed to guerrilla paramilitary groups. A Colombi... More...
$0 (11-06-2021 - GA)United States of America v. James Taylor
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a being a felon in possession of a firearm charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> James Taylor appeals the imposition of an electronic search condition on his <br> conditions of supervised release and the substantive reasonableness of his aboveguideline 30-month sentence for being ... More...
$0 (10-13-2021 - GA)United States of America v. David Lynn Roberson, et al.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with conspiracy, bribery (aiding and abetting); honest services wire fraud (aiding and abetting); and money laundering conspiracy charges. </h2></font></b></i></center>, <br> <br> Joel Gilbert ("Gilbertâ€), a partner at Balch & Bingham LLP ("Balchâ€), and <br> David Roberson ("Roberso... More...
$0 (10-13-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Sandchase Cody
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine; one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition; and one count of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base, cocaine, and marijuana charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Sandchase Cody was ... More...
$0 (10-12-2021 - GA)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. US Stem Cell Clinic, LLC, et al.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Medical Malpractice lawyer represented defendant with being alleged that the stem cell procedure violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Since 2001 the FDA has regulated human cells, tissues, and cellular and <br> tissue-based products or "HCT/Ps,†which the FDA defines as "art... More...
$0 (10-12-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Michael Brian Anderson
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with four counts of mail fraud, three counts of making false statements, and two counts of money laundering charges. </h2></font></b></i></center> <br> <br> A federal grand jury indicted Defendant on four counts of mail fraud, 18 <br> U.S.C. § 1341 (Counts 1–4), three counts of making ... More...
$0 (10-12-2021 - GA)United States of America v. PEDRO DINO CEDADO NUNEZ, MANELY ENRIQUEZ, ANGEL CASTRO GARCIA, MIKE CASTRO MARTINEZ
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act with possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and conspiring to distribute and to possess cocaine with intent to distribute charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On Christmas Eve 2018, the United States Coast Guard intercepte... More...
$0 (10-12-2021 - GA)United States of America v. CHRISTOPHER JASON HENRY
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a burglary and felon in possession of a firearm charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In one of a string of robberies, Henry broke into a business and stole eight <br> firearms. Police arrested him a few days later. When questioned, he admitted to <br> breaking into the shop and ... More...
$0 (10-12-2021 - GA)United States of America v. TARRESSE LEONARD
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a felon-in-possession charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Emanuel Jackson, firearm by his side, walked toward a small crowd of <br> people gathered near a street corner. As Jackson closed in, Detective Paul-Noel, <br> onsite for an unrelated investigation, saw him raise the firea... More...
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