Michigan Immigration Law
<H2> United States of America v. Brandon Lemar Baines
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute over 12 pounds of methamphetamine. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working in the Kalamazoo County area, stopped a van carrying over 12 pounds of methamphetamine as it returne... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Brandon Lemar Baines
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working in the Kalamazoo County area, stopped a van carrying over 12 pounds of methamphetamine as it returned from Det... More...
$ (01-05-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing and intending to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl. During a search of Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath's Battle Creek, residence in March 2025, officers found over 1 kilogram of fentanyl, two firearms, thousands of dollars of cash, and what appeared to be an area designed to manufacture counterfe... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. During a search of Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath’s Battle Creek residence in March 2025, officers found over 1 kilogram of fentanyl, two firearms, thousands of dollars of cash, and what appeared to be an area designed to manufacture counterfeit fentanyl pills i... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Norma Yanari Ayala, Edgidio Vasquez-Mencho </h1></h1>
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Selling Phony United States Identification Cards.<br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey today announced that Norma Yanari Ayala (34), Rigoberto Vasquez-Vasquez (42), and Edgidio Vasquez-Mencho (41) were arrested in Grand Rapids on September 30, 2025. All three were indicted... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Nazzarie Carmouche-Heath </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Battle Creek Man Pleads Guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b>... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Terrance Calhoun, Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated identity theft and wire fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pontiac Man Pleads Guilty in $4M Identity Theft and Unemployment Fraud Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Pontiac man has pleaded guilty to ... More...
$0 (04-23-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Montoya </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Exploiting Children </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Illegal Alien Sentenced to 292 Months for Sexually Exploiting Children</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jose Montoya, 62, was sentenced to 292 months in ... More...
$0 (04-07-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Fatai Okunola; Oluwaseyi Adeola; Ijeoma Adeola </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with p Participating In An International Mail And Wire Fraud Conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Individuals Sentenced For Participating In An International Mail And Wire Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Niebel </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Pandemic Relief Fraud Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Allen Park Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Prison for Pandemic Relief Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Allen Park resident was sentenced t... More...
$0 (05-30-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Billy Arnold </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Racketeering, Murder, And Other Related Offenses .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Leader Of Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang Sentenced To Life In Prison After Being Convicted Of Racketeering, Murder, And Other Related Offenses </h2></center><b... More...
$0 (04-10-2024 - MI)Josephine Chinelo Macfadyen v. Department of Homeland Security
Detroit, Michigan immigration lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant seeking a Writ of Mandamus.<br> <br> Macfadyen is a Nigerian citizen who was admitted to the United States in October 2001 with her three-year-old son on a B-2 visitor's visa. R. 1 (Compl. ¶ 7) (Page ID #4); Administrative Record (A.R.) at 258 (Pet. for Alien Relative at 7). Removal proceedings were commenced against Ma... More...
$0 (08-21-2023 - MI)Benjamin Lopez, et al. v. Mastronardi Produce-USA, Inc. et al.
Grand Rapids, Michigan civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued defendants on Farmworker Rights violation theories under 29 U.S.C. 1801.<br> <br> Farmworkers have a number of rights under federal and state law, including the right to:<br> <br> A fair wage: Farmworkers are entitled to be paid at least the federal minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per hour. In some states, the m... More...
$0 (08-15-2023 - MI)United States of America v. Adrian Romero Antunez
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine.<br> <br> Adrian Romero Antunez (35), a Mexican national in the United States on a tourist visa, to 46 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute five (5) kilograms or more of cocaine. Romero Antunez was the final defendant to be sentenced in a transnational and interstate ... More...
$0 (09-13-2022 - MI)State of Michigan v. Daniel Harris, Brandon Casert, Adam Fox and Barry Croft
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan.<br> <br> Daniel Harris, 24, Brandon Caserta, 33, Adam Fox, 38, and Barry Croft Jr., 46 were charged with violation of 18 U.S.C. 1201, which provides:<br> <br> (a) Whoever unlawfully seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away and holds for ra... More...
$0 (04-08-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Jessica Marie Rubio
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud.<br> <br> Jessica Marie Rubio, 32, of Holland, Michigan, was accused of defrauding immigrants without legal status in the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1349 and 1343. <br> <br> “Rubio’s fraud scheme targeted people attempting to comply with the immigration laws of the United States... More...
$0 (11-05-2020 - MI)United States of America v. Jessica Marie Rubio
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://www.miwd.uscourts.gov/sites/miwd/files/miwd_2.gif"><br> </center><br> Grand Rapids, MI - The United States of America charged Jessica Marie Rubio with wire fraud conspiracy to defraud those without legal status.<br> <br> Defendant, age 32, of Grand Rapids, Michigan pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy in a scheme to defraud those without l... More...
$0 (07-06-2020 - MI)United States of America v. Kris Marie Fratzke
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center> <br> <br> Grand Rapids, MI - The United States of America charged Marie Fratzke with wire fraud and fi... More...
$0 (05-26-2020 - MI)Jilmar Ramos-Gomez v. City of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI - Jilmar Ramos-Gomez sued the City of Grand Rapids on a civil rights violation theory claiming that he was wrongfully detained by federal immigration officials for three days before releasing the Michigan-born U.S. citizen.<br> <br> Ramos-Gomez claimed that Police Capt. Curtis VanderKooi wrongfully violated department policy when he alerted ICE about Ramos-Gomez' arrest at a hospi... More...
$190000 (11-14-2019 - MI)Julio Edgardo Molina Hernandez v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/sites/ca6/files/pschc.jpg"><br> </center><br> Julio Molina Hernandez (“Molina”) appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision (1) finding him removable on the basis that his felonious assault conviction under Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.82 is a crime involving moral turpitude (“CIMT”), (2) denying him asylum and wi... More...
$0 (01-23-2019 - MI)Mariusz Tomaszczuk v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General
Petitioner Mariusz Tomaszczuk petitions this Court to review the November 3, 2017, Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), dismissing<br> ><br> No. 17-4229 Tomaszczuk v. Whitaker Page 2<br> Petitioner’s appeal of the May 15, 2017, Order of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying his<br> application for cancellation of removal. Petitioner was denied relief pursuant to 8 U.S.C.<... More...
$0 (11-26-2018 - MI)United States of America v. Hatem Ataya, M.D.
Hatem Ataya pleaded guilty to one count of<br> conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud. His plea agreement included a waiver of<br> his appeal rights. During his plea colloquy, Ataya acknowledged that he understood that he was<br> waiving these rights. The district court, however, failed to comply with Federal Rule of Criminal<br> ><br> No. 16-2611 United States v. Ataya Page 2<br> Pr... More...
$0 (03-06-2018 - MI)Melissa Mays v. City of Flint, Michigan
This case arises out of the drinking-water<br> crisis in Flint, Michigan. The Plaintiffs are residents of the City of Flint who represent<br> themselves and seek to represent a class of similarly situated individuals. They allege that they<br> have been harmed since April 2014 by the toxic condition of the Flint water supply. The<br> Plaintiffs filed suit against several City and State officials i... More...
$0 (09-16-2017 - MI)Jane Doe v. Etihad Airways, P.J.S.C.
Plaintiff Jane Doe and her eleven-year-old daughter flew aboard<br> Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi to Chicago. For the duration of the fourteen-hour journey,<br> Doe’s tray table remained open in her lap because a knob that was meant to hold it in place had<br> fallen to the floor. During the flight, Doe’s daughter found the knob on the floor and gave it to<br> Doe, who placed it in a seatback ... More...
$0 (09-06-2017 - MI)United States of America v. Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez
Grand Rapids, MI - Ring Leader Of Gas-Pump Skimming And Identity-Theft Scheme Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison<br> <br> Scheme Stretched from Texas into Colorado, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan <br> <br> Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez, 44, formerly of Austin, Texas, was sentenced today to serve 144 months, or exactly 12 years, in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for his leadership of a ... More...
$0 (05-16-2017 - MI)Shoshana Hebshi v. United States of America
<br> 1. On September 11, 2011, Plaintiff Shoshana Hebshi fl<br> ew on Frontier Airlines flight 623 from San Francisco, California, to Detro<br> it, Michigan. Upon landing, heavily armed agents forcibly removed Ms. Hebshi from the airplane; handcuffed, pat searched, and strip searched her; and locked her in a cell at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport before <br> interrogating her. Ms. ... More...
$40000 (04-21-2015 - MI)David Herr v. U.S. Forest Service
David and Pamela Herr bought waterfront property on Crooked Lake in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and planned to use their gas-powered motorboat on it. That plan was dashed when the U.S. Forest Service threatened to enforce a regulation that bans non-electric motorboats from the ninety-five percent of the lake that falls within a National Wilderness Area. The Herrs responded with this lawsuit,... More...
$0 (10-11-2015 - MI)Ramona S. Haddad v. Secretary of Homeland Security
Grand Rapids, MI - Sixth Circuit affirms deportation of visitor to U.S. who married American citizen<br> <br> Plaintiff Ramona S. Haddad sought review in federal district court of a<br> decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the denial of her I-130 petition<br> on behalf of her alien husband, William Ayed Haddad. The district court denied Plaintiff’s<br> motion for summary ... More...
$0 (07-27-2015 - MI)United States of America v. Travis C. Stiehl
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – Travis C. Stiehl, 23, received a sentence today of 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography at his mother's daycare facility in Lowell, Michigan. Stiehl pled guilty in August 2014 to one count of producing child pornography of a 4-year-old boy. As part of the plea, the prosecution dismissed seven other counts of producing child pornography of ch... More...
$0 (12-09-2014 - MI)United States of America v. Frank Harper, Phillip Harper, and Bernard Edmond
Two Detroit men and a Redford Township man were sentenced yesterday after being convicted at trial in a case involving armed carjacking to support a chop shop, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.<br> <br> McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Paul M. Abbate, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Chief James Craig, Detroit Police Department, Colonel Kriste Kibbe... More...
$0 (10-28-2014 - MI)United States of America v. Jose Sierra-Villegas
Jose Sierra-Villegas appeals his conviction and 325-month<br> sentence for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy. Sierra-<br> Villegas was arrested shortly after the failure of a massive drug sale to an undercover officer that<br> No. 13-2513 United States v. Sierra-Villegas Page 2<br> had been coordinated in part by a confidential informant. Sierra-Villegas allegedly... More...
$0 (12-23-2014 - MI)United States of America v. Jean Claude Kodio Toviave
Child abuse is a state crime, but not a federal crime. Forced<br> labor is a federal crime, 18 U.S.C. § 1589, but the statute obviously does not extend to requiring<br> one's children to do their homework, babysit on occasion, and do household chores. Only by<br> ><br> No. 13-1441 United States v. Toviave Page 2<br> bootstrapping can this combination of two actions that are not federal crimesâ... More...
$0 (08-04-2014 - MI)Ihsan Ali Bazzi v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Petitioner Ihsan Bazzi, a Lebanese national, seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge's (IJ) order denying his application for adjustment of status and ordering his removal from the United States. Because the decision of the immigration judge is supported by substantial evidence, we deny Bazzi's petition for review.<br><br>I<br><br... More...
$0 (02-13-2014 - MI)Jose Angel Torres-Vaquerano v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
José Angel Torres-Vaquerano petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmance of the Immigration Judge's (IJ) decision denying his application for withholding of removal and humanitarian relief. The IJ and BIA both found that Torres-Vaquerano presented no evidence that the undisputed past persecution, the torture and murder of his father and three cousins and death threa... More...
$0 (06-16-2013 - MI)Victor Guzman v. United States Department of Homeland Security
This is an immigration case. Victor Guzman challenges the district court's dismissal of his claims of United States citizenship, arguing that the district court failed to adjudicate several of his claims and misinterpreted a federal immigration statute when applying it to him. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.<br><br>I.<br><br>Guzman seeks United States citiz... More...
$0 (05-10-2012 - MI)Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc. v. Janet Napolitano
In this action arising under the First and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Plaintiffs Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc., Gregg Cunningham, and Kevin Murray appeal the district court's dismissal of their claims against Defendant Janet Napolitano, in her capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and Defendant Eric H. Holder, Jr., in his capacity as Attorney General o... More...
$0 (08-04-2011 - MI)Joseph M. Dorr v. City of Escorse; Larry Salisbury
In this action involving a claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of Plaintiff-Appellee Joseph M. Dorr's ("Dorrâ€) substantive due process rights, Defendants-Appellants City of Ecorse (" Cityâ€) and Larry Salisbury ("Salisburyâ€), who served as the mayor of Ecorse during the relevant period, appeal the district court's denial of Defendants' motion for judgment as a ma... More...
$0 (12-29-2008 - MI)Mario Sardo v. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
This appeal contests the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan's denial of an attorney fee under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("Justice Actâ€), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), following the appellant, Mario Sardo's, successful district court challenge to the government's administrative rejection of his petition for naturalization. The district court so ruled because it ... More...
$0 (07-16-2008 - MI)Zlata Ilic-Lee v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General
<P>Petitioner Zlata Ilic-Lee petitions this court for review of two Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decisions that (a) affirmed the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of petitioner's motion for continuance, (b) vacated the IJ's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen, and (c) denied petitioner's direct motion to reopen. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM the decisions of the BIA and D... More...
$0 (11-26-2007 - MI)<a href="http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=04a0009p.06" target="_new">Ijeoma Ejelonu v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Homeland Security</a>
<P> Petitioner is a gainfully employed legal immigrant in her early twenties who currently studies psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. By all accounts, Petitioner should be a citizen; but for the Immigration and Naturalization Service's ("INS's") extended delay in processing Petitioner's citizenship application, the agency would have processed her application before Petition... More...
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