Minnesota Excessive Force Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isiah Garcia
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1201, interference with commerce by robbery in violation of 18 U.s. 1951, using or carrying a firearm during and in relationship with a crime of violance in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(C). Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28... More...
$ (06-19-2026 - MN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan </h2> </center>
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, of Minneapolis, MN,began consuming information from and about ISIS and other State Department designated foreign terrorist organizations in at least 2024. For example, Hassan obtain... More...
$ (04-28-2026 - MN)United States of America v. Jennifer Marie Stately
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with premeditated murder of minor A and B and murder in the course of committing child abuse. On March 15, 2024, Jennifer Marie Stately, 37, attacked and killed two of her young children. The evidence at trial showed that Stately, when alone with the children at their home on Red Lake Nation, assaulted the boys c... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - MN)United States of America v. Don Lemon
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with conspiracy agains rights of religious freedom at a place or worship and injuring, intimidating and interfering with the exercise of a right of religious worship. 18:241 provides: If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Po... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Raul Gutierrez
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Raul Gutierrez, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and theft of government property after breaking into an FBI vehicle and stealing a rifle. “Despite the incitement of violence against federal law enforcement by local officials, which resulted here in the theft of a firearm from an FBI vehicle and t... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - MN)Matthew Locke v. County of Hubbard, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force civil rights violation.<br> <br> Matthew Locke sued Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes, and Chief Deputy Sheriff Scott Parks under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Minnesota law, alleging that the officers used excessive force against him during an oil pipeline protest. The district and official immunity ... More...
$0 (09-17-2025 - 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)Adolfo Gutierrez Avila, Jr. v. Ryaon Bellefy
Minneapolis, Minnesota pro se Plaintiff used the Defendant on an excessive force by a corrections officer.<br> <br> The Defendant did not exhaust his available administrative remedies before filing suit. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (prisoner may not bring action with respect to prison conditions under federal law until he has exhausted available administrative remedies); Smith v. Andrews, 75 F.4th... More...
$0 (08-06-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Robiel Lee Williams </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with a fentanyl distribution conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Drug Dealer Found Guilty of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Hidden in Stuffed Animals Sentenced to 120 Months Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> <... More...
$0 (07-01-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Hamza Abdirashiid Said and Amiir Mawlid Ali </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. Paul, Minn criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Possession of Machineguns </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Men Charged Federally with Possession of Machineguns related to Graduation Ceremony Shootings</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> Hamza Abdirashiid Said, 20, and Amiir Ma... More...
$0 (06-11-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Carlin Mellette </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death </h2></center></b></b> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><br> <b><center></i><b> </b> North Dakota Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Johnathan Eric Thompson, a.k.a. “Remy†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring with others to obtain and distribute large amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Duluth Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Prison in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Case</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Charly Cruz-Jimenez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Member of Mexican Cartel and Prison Gang Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cent The United S... More...
$0 (02-12-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Tolulope Martins Famuyiwa
<h2><br> Stillwater, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree criminal conduct.<br> </h2><br> S On July 1, 2022, the State of Minnesota submitted a complaint charging appellant Tolulope Martins Famuyiwa with one count of "Criminal Sexual Conduct - 3rd Degree - Penetration - Uses coercion," in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.344, subd. 1(a) (Supp. 2021... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)Marisela Mendez Carrada, et al. v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota immigration lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of mandate.<br> </h2><br> <br> An immigration writ of mandamus is a lawsuit filed in federal court to force the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) or State Department to make a decision on an immigration case:<br> <br> When to file<br> A writ of mandamus can be filed when the USCIS or S... More...
$0 (10-17-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Donald Duane Armstrong, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with an illegal firearm straw purchasing conspiracy </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cass County Felon Sentenced to Prison for Straw Purchasing</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A convicted felon has been sentenced to 2... More...
$0 (09-19-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Ruben Perez-Robles
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal sexual conduct criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> <h2><br> <br> Ruben Perez-Robles sexually abused Z.F.R., one of his first cousins, beginning when Z.F.R. was between the ages of six to eight years old. The abuse continued over approximately the next 20 years. Perez-Robles is eight years older than Z.F.R.<br> <br> Perez-Robles's... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Rafael Carter Wesley; Kyrees Darius Johnson; Avont Akira Drayton </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Three Twin Cities Men Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking Machineguns on Snapchat </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Trafficking Machineguns on Snapchat</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Three Twin Cities men have been... More...
$0 (07-17-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Elias-Kareem Hany Aly
<h2><br> St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with second-degree murder without intent while committing a felony.<br> </h2><br> <br> Elias-Kareem Hany Aly, 21, for h killing a smoke shop employee in St. Paul in 2023.<br> <br> <br> 2023 Minnesota Statutes<br> <br> Authenticate <br> <br> PDF <br> <br> Resources<br> <br> Search Minnesota St... More...
$0 (06-28-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Dejavareah Marquise Brown </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Ryan&l=Garry&i=130421&z=55402" target="_new">Dejavareah Marquise Brown </a> represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of two firearms, and for using one of them in furtherance of drug trafficking </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b... More...
$0 (05-14-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Andre Garner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Minneapolis Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl </h2></center><br> <br> A Minneapolis man was s... More...
$0 (04-30-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Pedro Alapisco-Ochoa </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> Eveleth Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Drug Trafficking Case </h2></center><br> <br> An Eveleth man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised re... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Cortez Ananias Williams; Savontray Orlando Dwayne Collins </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Trafficking Narcotics.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Two Minneapolis Men Sentenced for Trafficking Narcotics Between California and Minnesota </h2></center></i><br> <br> Two men were sentenced to prison for possession of fentanyl and co... More...
$0 (03-15-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Cortez Ananias Williams; Savontray Orlando Dwayne Collins </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Narcotics .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Two Minneapolis Men Sentenced for Trafficking Narcotics Between California and Minnesota </h2></center></i><br> <br> Two men have been sentenced to prison for possession of fentan... More...
$0 (03-15-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Romel Rambus </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Fargo , North Dakota Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with running a Drug Trafficking Organization.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> IDetroit, MI, Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for His Leadership Role in a Drug Trafficking Organization Targeting two of North Dakota's Native American R... More...
$0 (02-23-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Tyler Hansen and Jennifer Hansen </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud And Money Laundering.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> imothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tyler Hansen, 52, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, was sentence... More...
$0 (01-18-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v.Justin Lyle Cutbank </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> An Onamia man has been sentenced to 292 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for illegal possession of a firearm foll... More...
$0 (01-25-2024 - MN)United States of America v. Gisele Castro Medina
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.<br> <br> From May 2020 through December 2020, Gisela Castro Medina, 21, conspired with co-defendant Anton Joseph Lazzaro, 32, to recruit and solicit six minor victims to engage in commercial sex acts.<br> <br> The prosecution team, led by Assistant United States At... More...
$0 (09-08-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Muhammad Masood
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.<br> <br> Muhammad Masood, 31, a licensed medical doctor in Pakistan, was formerly employed as a Research Coordinator at a medical clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, under an H-1B Visa. Between January 2020 and March 2020, Masood used an encryp... More...
$0 (08-25-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Vatthana Andy Sengsouriya
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm with an attached "switch,†making it a fully automatic weapon.<br> <br> On October 14, 2022, law enforcement attempted to arrest Vatthana Andy Sengsouriya, 28, on an outstanding warrant. When officers tried to take Sengsouriya into custody in the parking lot of the Eden Prairie Hom... More...
$0 (05-31-2023 - MN)Zoya Code v. Officer Derek Chauvin, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that his constitution rights were violated through the excessive use of force by Minneapolis Police Officers Derek Chauvin and Ross Blair.<br> <br> In the plaintiffs' lawsuits against the City, former police officer Derek Chauvin, and several additional Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers, the c... More...
$1375000 (04-13-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Descart Austin Begay
Duluth, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a woman in her home on the Red Lake Reservation.<br> <br> Desart Austin Begay, Jr., age 38, was found guilty on two counts of aggravated sexual abuse and two counts of sexual abuse.<br> <br> This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the Red Lake Tribal Police Department and the FBI Headw... More...
$0 (04-04-2023 - MN)State of Minnesota v. James Lamar Davis
<br> A jury heard evidence that James Davis is a member of a Minneapolis street gang and that he, accompanied by two of his gang allies, confronted and shot two men affiliated with a rival gang. The jury found Davis guilty of two counts of attempted intentional second-degree murder for the benefit of a gang. Davis argues on appeal that we should overturn his conviction on four grounds: (1) the dis... More...
$0 (05-31-2016 - MN)United States of America v. William Charles Saffold
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with carjacking.<br> <br> Between September and October 2021, William Charles Saffold, 20, and his co-conspirators engaged in a series of violent carjackings and armed robberies, targeting Uber and Lyft drivers. As part of the scheme, members of the conspiracy lured victim-drivers to particular locations under the guise of pi... More...
$0 (10-27-2022 - 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)United States of America v. Michael Thomas Prall
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank rubbery.<br> <br> In November 2021, Michael Thomas Prall, 43, used force, violence, and intimidation to steal thousands of dollars from three separate banks. On November 30, 2021, Prall entered a Wells Fargo bank in Cottage Grove, and presented a note to the teller directing the teller to give him the money in h... More...
$0 (07-22-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with depriving a citizen of rights under color of law.<br> <br> Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao, 36, was sentenced to serve 42 months in prison, and former Minneapolis Police Officer J. Alexander Kueng, 28, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison, for depriving George Floyd Jr. of his constitutional rights.<br> <br... More...
$0 (07-27-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Thomas Lane
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving others of their rights under color of law.<br> <br> Former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane, 39, was charged with depriving George Floyd Jr., of his constitutional rights.<br> <br> On Feb. 24, 2022, following a trial that lasted nearly five weeks, a federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota, found Lane guilty... More...
$0 (07-21-2022 - MN)Lisa Krapf v. Norvatis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Minneapolis, Minnesota civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> Plaintiff worked for Defendant as an Area Business Leader ("ABLâ€) and manager of the Cardiovascular ("CVâ€) Sales Team in the Midwest Region from January 2015 through August 9, 2019. (Am. Compl. Facts[1] ¶¶ 1, 43, Dkt. No. 30.) She is suing Defendant f... More...
$0 (07-06-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Derek Chauvin
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving George Floyd, jr. and a then-14-year-old child of their constitutional rights.<br> <br> On Dec. 15, 2021, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, age 46, pleaded guilty in federal court to two violations of a federal criminal civil rights statute. First, Chauvin pleaded guilty to willfully deprivin... More...
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