Minnesota Education Law
<H2> United States of America v. Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. In the Autism fraud scheme, Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, age 27, has been charged by federal information with one count of wire fraud. As set forth in the information, Yussuf and others devised and carried out a scheme to defraud the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention benefit, a... More...
$ (12-28-2025 - MN)Mary Kay Thomas v. Marshall Public Schools, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued asserting claims under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.<br> <br> Thomas was employed by the District for nearly 30 years, beginning as a<br> teacher and the... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Brady David Salow </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving Child Pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Repeat Offender to Spend 15 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Brady David Salow, age 27, from Vint... More...
$0 (11-01-2024 - MN)Julie Dalton v. CVS Health Corporation
<font color="red"><h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> Plaintiff and the members of the putative classes are blind and visually<br> impaired individuals who rely upon auxiliary aids and services including tactile, speech-<br> enabled, and other accessib... More...
$1 (06-12-2024 - MN)United States of America v. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged for their roles in a $250 millin fraud scheme.<br> <br> The convicted defendants devised and carried out a $40 million fraud scheme to defraud the Federal Child Nutrition Program. The convicted defendants obtained, misappropriated, and laundered millions of dollars in program funds that were intended as reimbursemen... More...
$0 (06-07-2024 - MN)Tiffany Elsenpeter v. Social Security Administration
Minneapolis, Minnesota social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI by HHS.<br> <br> SSA's Sequential Evaluation<br> Process for Assessing Disability<br> <br> By <br> <br> Tom Johns<br> <br> Branch Chief, Disability Quality Branch<br> Office of Quality Performance, Dallas<br> <br> Step 1: Is the indiv... More...
$0 (09-08-2023 - MN)K.O. et al. v. Willie L. Jett, II
Minneapolis, Minnesota civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on an Individuals with Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <br> <br> Under the IDEA, states must provide a "free appropriate public education†("FAPEâ€) to students with disabilities beginning with their third birthday and continuing until their twenty-second birthday. 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(1)(A); ... More...
$0 (08-25-2023 - MN)Travis Widner v. One Stop Station Two, LLC
Minneapolis, Minnesota civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <br> The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, education, transportation, and public accommodations. The ADA was passed ... More...
$1 (07-17-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Mohamed Ali Hussein and Lul Bashir Ali
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged for their roles in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br> <br> Mohamed Ali Hussein, ate 53, and Lul Bashir Ali, age 57, both of Faribault, admitted that between June 2020 and January 2022, they knowingly and willfully conspired with othe... More...
$0 (06-08-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Kawsar Jama, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charge with engaging in a fraudulent scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="200" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Minneapolis_MN.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Minneapolis, Minnesota"><br> <P... More...
$0 (03-14-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Yue Vang
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography, Possession of Child Pornography, and Interstate Communications with Intent To Extort.<br> <br> "For several years, Yue Vang victimized more than 1,000 young girls – in Minnesota and beyond – through a vicious sextortion scheme. Using popular social media apps to prey on his... More...
$0 (10-07-2022 - MN)Craig Seifert v. Northern Ties, Retal, L.L.C.
Minneapolis, Minnesota plaintiff civil rights lawyer sued Defendant on an Americans on an Disabilities Act violation theory under 21 U.S.C. 12101.<br> <br> §12101. Findings and purpose<br> (a) Findings<br> <br> The Congress finds that—<br> <br> (1) physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with phys... More...
$0 (12-01-2021 - mn)Marc Nall v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Minneapolis, Minnesota consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Truth in Lending Act violation theory under 15 U.S.C. 1640, which provides, in part:<br> <br> (a) Individual or class action for damages; amount of award; factors determining amount of award<br> <br> Except as otherwise provided in this section, any creditor who fails to comply with any requirement imposed... More...
$0 (10-22-2021 - MN)United States of America v. Andrew Albert Comeaux
Minneapolis, Minnesota felony firearm possession criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Andrew Albert Comeaux, age 38, who was charged with once count of felony in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> According to COMEAUX's guilty plea and documents filed with the court, on June 15, 2020, multiple law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at COMEAUX's residence. During the search, la... More...
$0 (02-09-2021 - MN)Anmarie Calgaro v. St. Louis County, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Anmarie Calgaro sued several parties alleging violations of her parental rights<br> over one of her minor children under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth<br> Amendment. The district court1 granted the defendants’ dispositive motions and<br> dismissed the complaint with p... More...
$0 (03-25-2019 - MN)D.M. v. Minnesota State High School League
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"><br> </center><br> In 2018, two boys sued their state’s high school athletic league and several of itsofficers for declaratory and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The boys allegedthat the league violated their rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the FourteenthAmendment to the U.S. Co... More...
$0 (03-07-2019 - MN)United States of America v. Rodney Keith Thompson
Minneapolis, MN - Former Shakopee Superintendent Pleads Guilty To Corruptly Soliciting A Bribe<br> <br> RODNEY KEITH THOMPSON, 53, pleaded guilty for corruptly soliciting a bribe.THOMPSON entered his guilty plea earlier today, before Judge Susan Nelson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was charged via felony information on November 13, 2018.<br> <br> According to the defendant’s ... More...
$0 (11-18-2018 - MN)Does, et al. v. Regents of the University of Minnesota, et al. <P> <font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28536&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals</a> <br> We Turn Your Successes Into Marketing <br> Call Today! <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Minneapolis, MN - University of Minnesota football players sued the Regents of the University of Minnesota, Eric Kaler and Tina Marsiam on civil rights discrimination in education theories claiming that the defendants did not properly handle sexual assault allegations levied against them by a young woman who claimed the players sexually assaulted (gang raped) her.<br> <br> The University suspended... More...
$0 (06-08-2018 - MN)Independent School District No. 720 v. C.L. by and through his parents and legal guardians, B.L. and E.L. <P> <font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28536&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals</a> <br> Helping People Find You On The Internet <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Minneapolis, MN - Independent School District No. 720 sued C.L. by and through his parents and legal guardians, B.L. and E.L. on a civil rights Individuals with Disabilities Education Act question theory.<br> <br> 04/16/2018 5 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION STAYING ENFORCEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION - Expedited Handling Requested filed by Independent School ... More...
$0 (05-15-2018 - MN)The Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate, et al. vs. Mark B. Dayton, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Minnesota <table> <td>
On May 25, 2017, the Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate and the Ninetieth Minnesota <br> State House of Representatives (collectively, the Legislature) each adjourned sine die, <br> ending the special session that began on May 23, 2017. On May 30, 2017, the Governor <br> vetoed line-item appropriations to the Legislature for its biennial budget. The Legislature <br> commenced this action, contendi... More...
$0 (11-23-2017 - MN)United States of America v. Seng Xiong
Minneapolis, MN - Seng Xiong Sentenced To 87 Months In Prison For Defrauding Members Of The Hmong Community - <br> Judge ordered Seng Xiong to pay more than $1.2 million in restitution to victims<br> <br> SENG XIONG, 49, to 87 months in prison for operating an affinity scheme targeting members of the Hmong community. XIONG, who was found guilty on January 26, 2017, following an eight-day jury tria... More...
$0 (10-18-2017 - MN)Jassmine D. Adams v. Toyota Motor Corporation
On June 10, 2006, Koua Fong Lee was driving his 1996 Toyota Camry on the<br> interstate. When Lee exited the interstate, the Camry failed to come to a stop and<br> rear-ended another car waiting at a stoplight, killing three of the other car’s five<br> passengers and injuring others, including those in Lee’s vehicle. Lee was convicted<br> of vehicular homicide, but his conviction was vacated a... More...
$0 (06-10-2017 - MN)Mark Randall v. Healtheast/St. John Hospital
Appellant, formerly a volunteer intern at respondent hospital, challenges the summary-judgment dismissal of his race-discrimination and reprisal claims under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA). Before the district court, appellant claimed that respondent had discriminated against him on the basis of race in education under Minn. Stat. § 363A.13 (2014). Appellant does not challenge the dismissa... More...
$0 (02-17-2017 - MN)United States of America v. Seng Xiong
Minneapolis, MN - Seng Xiong Convicted After Trial of Defrauding Hmong Elders - Seng Xiong stole more than $1.7 million in affinity fraud scheme<br> <br> SENG XIONG, 49, was convicted for operating an affinity scheme targeting Hmong elders. After a trial lasting more than two weeks, the jury verdict was returned in approximately two hours. <br> <br> “Seng Xiong took the Hmong people’s tragic h... More...
$0 (01-27-2017 - MN)<b>State of Minnesota vs. Jonas David Nelson</b> <table> <td>
A Le Sueur County jury found appellant Jonas David Nelson, then 18 years old, guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, second-degree intentional murder, and second degree felony murder for the January 6, 2014, killing of his father, Richard Nelson. The district court sentenced Nelson to life in prison without the possibility of release for the offense of first-degree premeditated murder. On di... More...
$0 (10-20-2016 - MN)United States of America v. Guled Ali Omar, Abdurahmen Yasin Daud and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah
Minneapolis, MN - Jury Trial Results In Conviction Of Three Minnesotans For Conspiring To Join ISIL And Commit Murder In Syria<br> <br> Nine members of conspiracy convicted of terrorism charges in largest multi-defendant ISIL-related case in United States<br> <br> Guled Ali Omar, Abdurahmen Yasin Daud and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah <br> <br> were convicted by a federal jury today of conspiring to com... More...
$0 (06-05-2016 - MN)Jason Lee Bolstad vs. State of Minnesota
In 2003, a Kanabec County jury found appellant Jason Bolstad guilty of two <br> counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in connection with <br> the killing of Bolstad’s father, Gary Bolstad. Following the jury’s verdict, the district <br> court sentenced Bolstad to life imprisonment without the possibility of release on the <br> charge of first-degree premeditated... More...
$0 (03-23-2016 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Amanda Lea Peltier
Appellant Amanda Lea Peltier was found guilty by a Pope County jury of first<br> degree murder while committing child abuse, second-degree felony murder, and second<br> degree manslaughter, arising out of the death of Eric D. on February 28, 2013. The district <br> court convicted Peltier of first-degree murder while committing child abuse and imposed <br> a life sentence with the possibility of ... More...
$0 (02-10-2016 - MN)Danny Fischer v. Minneapolis Public Schools
Danny Fischer sued Minneapolis Public Schools (“MPS”) claiming that MPS<br> violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Minnesota Human<br> Rights Act (“MHRA”) by refusing to reinstate him as a Janitor Engineer. The district<br> court granted MPS’s motion for summary judgment. 1 Fischer appeals this decision,<br> and we affirm.<br> I.<br> This employment dispute bega... More...
$0 (07-08-2015 - MN)United States of America v. David Larry Rasmussen
Minneapolis, MN - DAVID LARRY RASMUSSEN, 42, to 204 months in federal prison for production of child pornography. RASMUSSEN was indicted on May 21, 2013, and pleaded guilty on March 11, 2013, to three counts of Production of Child Pornography. The defendant was sentenced today before Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn. <br> <br> According to the defendant's guilty plea... More...
$0 (04-24-2015 - MN)United States of America v. James Patrick Needham
Minneapolis, MN - United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the conviction of JAMES PATRICK NEEDHAM, 53, of Red Lake, Minn., for distributing and possessing images and videos containing child pornography. On May 7, 2013, NEEDHAM was indicted on one count of Distribution of Child Pornography and one count of Possession of Child Pornography. On January 9, 2015, following a three-day tri... More...
$0 (01-13-2015 - MN)United States of America v. James Patrick Needham
Minneapolis, MN - JAMES PATRICK NEEDHAM, 53, of Red Lake, Minn., was convicted for distributing and possessing images and videos containing child pornography. On May 7, 2013, NEEDHAM was indicted on one count of Distribution of Child Pornography and one count of Possession of Child Pornography. On January 9, 2015, following a three-day trial, a federal jury found NEEDHAM guilty on both counts.<br>... More...
$0 (01-13-2015 - MN)United States of America v. Douglas Luke Robinette
Minneapolis, MN - United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced the sentencing of DOUGLAS LUKE ROBINETTE, 27, to 360 months in federal prison. ROBINETTE was indicted on April 9, 2013, and pleaded guilty to one count of Production of Child Pornography on November 8, 2013. He was sentenced on July 28, 2014, by United States District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Davis.<br> <br> "Distributing child... More...
$0 (08-07-2014 - MN)In re the Matter of; Mary Alice Hay v. Sloan Renee King
Appellant, a former Minnesota resident who now lives in Arizona, challenges the district court's determination that Minnesota courts have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) over her ongoing child custody dispute with respondent, who is a Minnesota resident. Appellant also disputes the court's order permitting respondent to e... More...
$0 (01-22-2013 - MN)Rodney Alan Renstrom v. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security
Rodney Renstrom sought disability insurance benefits for his ongoing back pain, lower extremity problems, neck pain, sleep apnea, and anxiety. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) upheld the Commissioner's denial of benefits after concluding Renstrom maintained the residual functional capacity (RFC) to perform light work. The district court1 affirmed. After careful review, we conclude the Commissione... More...
$0 (06-13-2012 - MN)Edward McDonald v. City of Saint Paul
Edward C. McDonald appeals the district court's1 order granting summary judgment to defendants—the City of St. Paul (the City) and Mayor Christopher Coleman (the mayor)—on various claims arising from McDonald's unsuccessful application for appointment as director of the City's Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity, as well as denial of his motion to compel various... More...
$0 (05-10-2012 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Company
For the stated purposes of promoting resource conservation, easing solid waste disposal problems, and conserving energy, the Minnesota Legislature enacted a statute banning the retail sale of milk in plastic nonreturnable, nonrefillable containers, but permitting such sale in other nonreturnable, nonrefillable containers, such as paperboard cartons. Respondents filed suit in Minnesota District Cou... More...
$0 (01-21-1981 - MN)K.E. v. IDS No. 15
K.E. is an eleven-year-old special education student who lives in Minnesota Independent School District No. 15 (the District). An administrative law judge for the Minnesota Department of Education determined that the District had denied K.E. a free appropriate public education (FAPE) within the meaning of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482. After K... More...
$0 (08-03-2011 - MN)Manley Stowell v. Paul Huddleston, M.D.
After Dr. Paul Huddleston, an orthopedic surgeon, performed spine surgery on Manley Stowell for his back pain, Mr. Stowell awoke completely blind in both eyes; the apparent cause of this loss of vision was posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION), a rare medical condition that results from a stroke to the optic nerves. Mr. Stowell and his wife, Enid Stowell, then brought an action under Minnesot... More...
$0 (07-07-2011 - MN)David Torgerson v. City of Rochester
David Jaye Torgerson and Jami Kay Mundell challenge the City of Rochester, Minnesota's decision not to hire them as firefighters. Torgerson, a Native American, alleges disparate-treatment discrimination based on national origin. Mundell, a female, alleges disparate-treatment discrimination based on gender. They claim that the City violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §�... More...
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