Massachusetts Fourth Amendment Law
Brian Hussey v. City of Cambridge, et al.
Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a First Amendment violation toery.<br> <br> Contending that he was unconstitutionally disciplined in retaliation for exercising his<br> First Amendment rights, Cambridge Police Officer Brian Hussey sued the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Commissioner of the Cambridge Police Department (collectively, the "De... More...
$0 (08-21-2025 - MA)<H2> United States of America v. Dinelson Hernandez-Rodrigues
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> Dinelson Hernandez-Rodriguez was<br> traveling southbound on Interstate 95 when the vehicle he was<br> driving was stopped by a Connecticut state trooper. Unbeknownst<br> to Hernandez-Rodriguez, that vehicle was being tracked by the Drug<br> Enforcement Administration ("DEA") as part of a months-long<br>... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Manuel A. Padilla </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Honduran National Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> Manuel A. Padilla, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathan... More...
$0 (06-20-2025 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Manuel A. Padilla </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Honduran National Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> <center><br> <h1><br> Sponsored By <br> <a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com" target=... More...
$0 (06-23-2025 - MA)L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts et al.
Boston, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a First Amendment Constitutional law case.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/21" target="_new">Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District</a>, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), famously upheld the First Amendment right of public-school students to wear black armbands at school in protest of the country's i... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - MA)Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Arickson Cruz
<h2>New Bedford, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making threats.<br> </h2> <br> <br> In 2018, the victim ended a five-year long dating relationship with the defendant. Following the breakup, the victim blocked the defendant's telephone calls on her cellular telephone and generally avoided communicating with him. Nevertheless, the defendant continued to ... More...
$0 (12-13-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Keenan Saniatan </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stalking Journalists </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Hampshire Man Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison for Stalking Journalists</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A New Hampshire man was sentenced today in feder... More...
$0 (12-06-2024 - MA)City of Marlborough v. Joseph F. Driscoll
New Brunswick, Massachusetts real property lawyer represented the Defendant seeking to redeem property.<br> <br> <br> Joseph and Judith Driscoll, to redeem three parcels of land, denominated Parcels C, D, and E in the Middlesex Registry of Deeds, Plan Number 1348 of 1951, were forever foreclosed and barred. <br> <br> The Driscolls' house is located on Parcels C and E. The Driscolls argue ... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MA)Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Nicholas Perez
Worcester, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribue a class D substance (drug) and resisting arrest.<br> <br> <br> The defendant was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute a class D substance, G. L. c. 94C, § 32C (a.), and one count of resisting arrest, G. L. c. 268, § 32B. The defendant noticed a t... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Rafael Davila, a/k/a “Robbin Hood†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Leader of Catalytic Converter Theft Crew </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leader of Catalytic Converter Theft Crew Sentenced to Decade in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The leader of a regional organized th... More...
$0 (10-02-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Kion Shepherd </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Traffic Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Salem Man Sentenced to Over Five Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Traffic Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl </h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (07-25-2024 - MA)United States of America v. Nostrum Laboratories Inc. and Nirmal Mulye, Ph.D.
Boston, Massachusetts qui tam lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying Medicaid rebates due for Nostrum's drug Nitrofurantoin Oral Suspension (Nitro OS).<br> <br> Pursuant to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, drug manufacturers are required to pay quarterly rebates to state Medicaid programs in exchange for Medicaid's coverage of the manuf... More...
$0 (10-31-2023 - MA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Laurence Adams
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> <br> MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR POSTCONVICTION RELIEF<br> <br> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I. INTRODUCTION<br> <br> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The defendant, Laurence Adams, filed a Renewed And Revised Motion For Postconviction Relief. Related discovery motions, ... More...
$0 (04-15-2004 - MA)United States of America v. Stephan Rosser-Stewart
Boston, Massachusetts criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with robbery and felony possession and use of a firearm to commit a felony.<br> <br> Stephan Rosser-Stewart, 31, was indicted along with co-defendants Darius Carter and Diovanni Carter in March 2019. The three were subsequently charged in a superseding indictment in September 2019. A fourth man, Dennis Martin was charged separate... More...
$0 (09-08-2022 - MA)John Doe v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
Springfield, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a corporate negligence theory.<br> <br> <br> The plaintiff brought suit against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, a corporation sole (Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield), and church officials for the sexual abuse by church leadership that he allegedly endured as a child in the 1960s and for the... More...
$0 (07-28-2022 - MA)United States of America v. José Reyes-Valdivia United States of America v. Jeffri Dávila-Reyes
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with two counts of trafficking cocaine in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charges. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> These consolidated appeals arise <br> from the U.S. Coast Guard's interdiction of a small speed boat in <br> the western Caribbean Sea and the ... More...
$0 (01-22-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Carlos Reyes, Jr.
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine charges. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> <center><b><h3>I. Background<p><br>... More...
$0 (01-21-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Joseph Clark
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, Massachusetts – Criminal Defense lawyer represented <br> defendant with one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On July 20, 2015, McGoon, a Saco Police Department <br> officer, stopped a vehicle for erratic driving and for running a <br> red light. At the time of the stop, ... More...
$0 (01-20-2022 - MA)Lauren Miceli v. JetBlue Airways Corp.
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Handicap Discrimination lawyer represented Plaintiff, Appellant with a handicap discrimination and retaliation claim. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <center><h2> I. BACKGROUND </center></h2><br> <br> We rehearse the facts "in the light most agreeable to <br> the plaintiff, consistent with record support," Kouvchinov v. <br> Parametric Tech. Corp.... More...
$0 (12-30-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Carey Ackies a/k/a Boyd
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base charges. His appeal challenges: denials of motions to suppress two warrants obtained by law enforcement and evidence obtained from his warrantless arrest, evidence rulings at his trial, and his sentence.... More...
$0 (12-30-2021 - MA)United States of America v. William Rosado-Cancel
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with unlawful possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, and unlawful possession of an automatic weapon charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In October of 2013, a federal grand jury indicted RosadoCancel for unlawful possession of a firearm with an obliterated <br> serial number, i... More...
$0 (12-29-2021 - MA)United States of America v. David Santiago-Colón
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with attempted first-degree murder, carrying and using a firearm without a license, and discharging or pointing a firearm charges.000 </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <center><b>A. Factual Background </center></b><br> <br> On January 13, 2013, Puerto Rico Police Department Agent <br> Carlos Sepúl... More...
$0 (12-29-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Gregory Owens
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with interstate domestic violence and; discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in violation charges. Owens challenges the sufficiency of evidence supporting his convictions, the reasonableness of his sentence, and the district court's denial of <br> his pretrial motions seekin... More...
$0 (12-29-2021 - MA)MARK GILBERT v. CITY OF CHICOPEE; WILLIAM JEBB; JOHN PRONOVOST; RICHARD J. KOS
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Constitutional Rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, Appellant with claiming his First Amendment rights were violated. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In sharing this tale, we construe the facts of the <br> complaint in the light most favorable to Gilbert. Ocasio–Hernández <br> v. Fortuño–Burset, 640 F.3d 1, 7 (1st Cir. 2011) (c... More...
$0 (12-29-2021 - MA)Heather Tyler v. Supreme Judicial Court of MA
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with trying to void two Massachusetts Superior Court conditions of probation. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 2009, at age nineteen or twenty, Jamie Melendez <br> impregnated fourteen-year-old Heather Tyler.2 Tyler gave birth in <br> 2010. Upon pleading guilty in state court to the statutory rape <b... More...
$0 (12-29-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Josue Marrero-Pérez
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of possessing a firearm while prohibited from doing so because of a prior felony conviction charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Without a plea bargain, Marrero pled guilty to both <br> charges. The final presentence investigation report ("PSR") <br> recommended that the guidelines r... More...
$0 (12-28-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Glenn Chin
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with committing mail fraud and violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> WBUR filed this motion in the criminal case against New <br> England Compounding Center ("NECC") supervisory pharmacist Glenn <br> Chin. He had been charged w... More...
$0 (12-28-2021 - MA)United States of America v. ENRICO M. PONZO, a/k/a HENRY PONZO, a/k/a MICHAEL P. PETRILLO, a/k/a RICO, a/k/a JOEY, a/k/a JEFFREY JOHN SHAW, a/k/a JAY SHAW
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with twelve federal criminal counts -- including conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering -- in the District of Massachusetts. The charges arose from his role in the late 1980s and early 1990s in a large criminal organization called "La Cosa Nostra." </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Under Rul... More...
$0 (12-27-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of drug trafficking in international waters while aboard a "stateless" vessel in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charge. He now challenges those convictions. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa ("Aybar") <br> pleaded guilty in 2015 to two counts of ... More...
$0 (12-27-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Hilton RÃos-Rivera <font color="red">Child Sexual Predator </font>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a transporting a minor to a hotel in Puerto Rico with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The parties do not dispute the events leading to this <br> prosecution. All of the material conduct took place within Puerto <br> Rico. In early April 2013... More...
$0 (12-27-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Carlos Cruz-Rivera
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> three counts of carjacking, and three counts of using or carrying a firearm during a crime of violence charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In September 2018, we affirmed Carlos Cruz-Rivera's convictions for three counts of <br> carjacking, see 18 U.S.C. § 2119, and three count... More...
$0 (11-25-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Nera James a/k/a King
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of possession with intent to distribute furanyl fentanyl. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In late 2016, officers affiliated with the Maine Drug <br> Enforcement Agency and the Auburn and Lewiston Police Departments <br> began receiving information that a man, nicknamed "King," w... More...
$0 (11-25-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Moustafa Aboshady
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a <br> healthcare fraud conspiracy charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In March 2014, Fathalla Mashali, Aboshady's uncle, was <br> indicted and, in 2017, he pleaded guilty in the United States <br> District Court for the District of Massachusetts to a multimillion-dollar healthcare fr... More...
$0 (11-25-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Jorge Hiram Báez-MartÃnez
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possession of a firearm charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 2012, Báez-MartÃnez was convicted at a jury trial for <br> being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. <br> § 922(g)(1). The unobjected-to Presentence Investigation Report <br> ("PSR") includ... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Michael Gordon
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and nine counts of money laundering charges. He now advances four challenges to his convictions. He argues that the district court should have suppressed certain ... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Dr. Harold Altvater
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Securities Fraud lawyer represented defendant with three counts of securities fraud for insider trading charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Ariad") is a small <br> Cambridge-based pharmaceutical company whose shares are traded on <br> the NASDAQ exchange. Altvater's then-wife, Maureen Curran, joined <br> ... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - MA)United States of America v. JOHN SILVIA, JR. a/k/a/ JOHN SILVIA
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with nine counts of securities fraud, and four counts of wire fraud and five counts of mail fraud charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We begin with the rather involved procedural history so <br> that we may properly frame the issues before us. In March of 2014, <br> the United States charg... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - MA)United States of America v. HÉCTOR GARCÃA-CARTAGENA, a/k/a/ Arana
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possessing drugs with intent to distribute and domestic abuse charge.se </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Let's start with the basics. To recommend sentences for <br> supervised release violators, the United States Sentencing <br> Guidelines rank new crimes with letter grades (A, B, and C). ... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Anthony Colón-Maldonado
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with aggravated domestic abuse. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In early 2017, Anthony ColónMaldonado completed his sentence for federal drug crimes and began <br> his six-year term of supervised release. Just six months later, <br> a police complaint charged him on "information and belief"... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - MA)CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Lavin
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Employment lawyer represented defendant with Restrictive Covenant Agreement case. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> CVS operates CVS Caremark, one of the country's largest <br> pharmacy benefit managers ("PBMs"). PBMs sell prescriptionmanagement services to entities providing prescription-drug <br> coverage to their members. These entities ... More...
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