New Mexico Administrative Law Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Willis Kylestewa </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder in Indian Country. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> On July 4, 2025, Willis Kylestewa, 42, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, drove while intoxicated with four passengers in a vehicl... More...
$ (08-03-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jesus Manuel Salgueido </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with misdemeanor possession of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 844. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> In 1987 the government charged Petitioner with misdemeanor possession of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. ... More...
$ (08-03-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> Susan Ellen Gibson v. Sean Vincent Spinato </h2> </center>
Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, family law lawyer represented the Petition in a divorce action. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a>... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Danial Adair, Daniel Nicolds, and Lary Micholds </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with fraudulently obtain and sell New Mexico elk hunting tags to out of state hunters and conceal the proceeds from the IRS. from approximately 2019 through 2022, Danial Adair, 44, Daniel Nicolds, 57, and his brother Lary Nicolds, 59, allegedly operated a scheme through Big Horn Outfitters in which they fraudu... More...
$ (06-08-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Claudiu Pesteleu </h2> </center>
Las Cruces, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Claudiu Pesteleu, 44, a Romanian national illegally present in the United States, admitted that from May 2023 through June 2024, he participa... More...
$ (06-03-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Ramirez </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping. In 2018, just weeks after his release from prison for a felony firearm conviction stemming from a high-speed police chase, and while under court supervision and wearing a GPS ankle monitor, Jose Ramirez, 47, engineered a calculated and violent kidnapping-for-ransom scheme targeting his former emp... More...
$ (04-07-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> Angel Salcdo, et al. v. City of Las Vegas, et al. </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on civil rights violation theories. During an hours-long standoff with law enforcement in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Alejandro Alirez shot his girlfriend, Cristal Cervantes, and her grandfather, Victor Cervantes, inside their home. Alirez livestreamed the encounter on Facebook for nearly 51 minutes. Cristal was a... More...
$ (03-17-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Claudiu Pesteleu </h2> </center>
Las Cruces, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyers Gabriel Perez and Jessica Martin represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Claudiu Pesteleu, age 44, a Romanian national illegally in the United States participated in a nationwide fraud scheme that used fake websites impersonating legitimate businesses to trick victims into wiring money for various consumer products... More...
$ (03-09-2026 - NM)United States of America v. Robert Haack
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire and mail fraud. Robert Haack, 59, carried out a years long scheme to defraud collectors by selling counterfeit jewelry falsely represented as authentic works by renowned Hopi artist Charles Loloma. The evidence established that between approximately 2008 and 2015, Haack manufactured dozens of fake Lo... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - NM)United States of America v. Adrian Cheama
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury. On June 16, 2025, Adrian Cheama, 37, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, stabbed an unarmed man in the abdomen with a sharp metal object without apparent provocation, then disposed of the weapon, preventing law enforcement from rec... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - NM)<H2> United States of America v. Donald Thompson
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder. On January 1, 2026, Donald Thompson, 49, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, allegedly shot and killed another Laguna Pueblo member during a confrontation at a cemetery within the Pueblo of Laguna in Cubero, New Mexico. Law enforcement responded to reports of a shooting and foun... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - NM)<H2> United States of America v. Robert J. Padilla, Jr.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with orchestrating a retaliatory killing tied to a violent prison gang and for using violence and intimidation to protect an ongoing drug trafficking operation. Robert Padilla, 48, was an associate of the Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico (SNM), a prison-based gang whose members and associates engaged in murder, drug tr... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - NM)<H2> United States of America v. Robert Padilla
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with orchestrating a retaliatory killing tied to a violent prison gang and for using violence and intimidation to protect an ongoing drug trafficking operation. Robert Padilla, 48, was an associate of the Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico (SNM), a prison-based gang whose members and associates engaged in murder, drug tr... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - NM)Charles Farden v. United States of America
Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act claim.<br> <br> At issue in this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act is whether the United States can be held liable for false imprisonment or false arrest when a federal law enforcement officer restrains or arrests a person whom he has probable cause to believe is committing the federal crime ... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Martin Aispuro-Lopez, Victor Manuel Felix-Ramirez </h1></h1>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses.<br> <br> Two Mexican nationals illegally present in the United States were sentenced to 17 and 22 years in federal prison following a multi-agency drug investigation that uncovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and multiple loaded firearms at an Albuquerque residence... More...
$0 (10-27-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Martin Aispuro-Lopez, Victor Manuel Felix-Ramirez </h1></h1>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses.<br> <br> Two Mexican nationals illegally present in the United States were sentenced to 17 and 22 years in federal prison following a multi-agency drug investigation that uncovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and multiple loaded firearms at an Albuquerque residence... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Keaton Overton Gunnels
Albuquerque, New Mexico, pro se defendant charged with two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application.<br> <br> Mr. Gunnels was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 27, 2019, for two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application. Doc. 2. He pled guilty to Count 2 of the Indictment on May 25, 2021. Doc. 51, 53. He admitted that he had committed t... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - NM)Craig Hanson v. American Economy Insurance Company
Albuquerque, New Mexico, insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.... More...
$1 (10-03-2025 - NM)<h2< State of New Mexico v. Leon Law and Isaiah Nicholas Maestas
Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendants charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.<br> <br> Leon Law and Isaiah Nicholas Maestas, both age 15, were accused of death of Monica Carter, age 43, whose body was found in May 2025.... More...
$0 (10-05-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. James Kenney, Kevin Leacy </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged drug trafficking offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Firearms Dealing</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <center><h2><br> A fed... More...
$0 (09-11-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Marc Candelaria
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and bank robbery.<br> <br> In searching the car, a law-enforcement officers found a handwritten note that resembled the content of a piece of paper used in a recent bank robbery. The government used the handwritten note to prosecute the defendant for bank robbery. <br> <br> The car search was based ... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Caje </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mescalero Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> The Office of the United Sta... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Gerald Anthony Lopez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Las Cruces, New Mexicoa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Drug, Firearms, and Immigration-Related Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Deming Teenager Charged in Federal Drug, Firearms, and Immigration-Related Offenses</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></cen... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Sergio Bernardo Avelino-Larios
Las Cruces, New New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal entry without inspection.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> 8 U.S.C. 1325, also known as the "Improper Entry by Alien" law, makes it a crime for an alien to enter or attempt to enter the United States at a time or place not designated by immigration officers. It also covers eluding inspection by immigration off... More...
$0 (07-31-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Demesia Padilla
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of second-degree embezzlement.<br> <br> In June 2018, five and a half years into a six-year statute of limitations, the State filed two second-degree embezzlement-related charges in a criminal information against Demesia Padilla, former Secretary of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, in ... More...
$0 (07-15-2025 - NM)<H2> Kenneth Stockton v. C.E. "Buddy" Stockton
Deming, New Mexico civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a real estate conveyance dispute.<br> <br> Defendants C.E. "Buddy" Stockton, Charlene Shelley (Buddy's daughter), and Jerrell A. Shelley (Buddy's grandson and Charlene's son) conveyed to Jerrell all the assets of the Stockton Family Trust (the Trust), a trust created by Buddy and his wife Barbara Stockton, which named Buddy and... More...
$0 (07-16-2025 - nm)State of New Mexico v. Louis Valdez, a/k/a Louis E. Valdez
Aztec, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault upon a peace officer with a deadly weapon.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Legal issue Was there sufficient evidence to support the conviction for aggravated assault upon a peace officer with a deadly weapon?<br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A PEACE OFFICER. The case addresses whether the evi... More...
$0 (07-18-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Berg Companies, Inc. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Ac</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Defense Contractor Berg Co. Agrees to Pay $3.3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Bid Rigging on Defense Contracts</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </fon... More...
$0 (07-15-2025 - NM)Michelle Hawkinson v. Chevron USA, Inc.
Las Cruces, New Mexico personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an negligence theory.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> New Mexico operates under a "fault-based" or "tort" system for personal injury cases, meaning the person or entity responsible for causing the accident is liable for damages. New Mexico also employs a pure comparative negligence rule, meaning a plaintiff's damages can ... More...
$0 (06-30-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Michael Rivera
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual-exploitation and child-pornography-production.<br> <br> On January 9, 2022, the Grant County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) received a report of a possible crime against a child involving Mr. Rivera and Jane Doe, a juvenile. The next day, GCSO Detective Jason Jordan interviewed Ms. Doe's mother, Valeri Arzaga. Ms... More...
$0 (06-16-2025 - NM)Jesus Fernandez v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al.
Albuquerque, New Mexico civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff claiming his rights were violated.<br> <br> Jesus Fernandez, a federal prisoner, alleged unconstitutional search and seizure on a Greyhound bus by DEA agents. ​<br> He claimed violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Federal Tort Claims Act, and state consumer protection laws. ​<br> The district court dismissed ... More...
$0 (06-02-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Jay Kelly </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Firearm Possession</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Federal Charge Filed Against Convicted Felon for Illegal Firearm Possession in Shiprock</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A previously convicted felon, already u... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - NM)Clifton White v. Alisha Tafoya Lucero, et al.
Santa Fe, New Mexico civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff claiming that his constitutional rights were violated by the Defendants who failed to release him after he told them that his term of<br> incarceration for violating probation was wrongfully entered. <br> <br> MoreLaw's goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any count... More...
$0 (05-01-2025 - NM)Gerald Silver v. City of Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on Telephone Consuer Protection Act violation theory.<br> <br> In 2022, Gerald Silver brought a putative class action against the City of Albuquerque alleging that the City violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act the "TCPAâ€), 47 U.S.C. § 227 et seq., when it made pre-recorded phone calls 2<... More...
$0 (04-23-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Joe Angel Sandoval </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with large quantities of fentanyl, firearms, and cash linked to drug trafficking activities.Drug and Firearms Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Las Cruces Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Firearms Offenses<... More...
$0 (04-10-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Jack Leach </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Assault and Stolen Vehicle Transport </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Arizona Man Charged with Federal Assault and Stolen Vehicle Transport After High-Speed New Mexico Pursuit </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> ... More...
$0 (04-10-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Hardy R. Begay
Farmington, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving while intoxicated (DUI)<br> <br> Hardy R. Begay was found guilty and was sentenced to to a term of imprisonment of twelve years, ten years of which shall not be suspended, deferred or taken under advisement.").<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Legal issue Did the defendant stipulate to the validity of prior DWI... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - NM)Perla Enriquez, et al. v. Jared Cosper, et al.
Las Cruces, New Mexico, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a personal injury wrongful death civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> This case arises from the fatal shooting of Amelia Baca, a 75-year-old, mentally diminished woman in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Estate filed a complaint alleging that the police officer who shot her acted with excessive force in violation of th... More...
$0 (02-24-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Jason Henderson
Roswell, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal sexual penetration (CSP) in the second degree (armed with a deadly weapon) (Count 1), NMSA 1978, § 30-9-11(E)(6) (2009); CSP in the second degree (results in personal injury) (Count 2), § 30-9-11(E)(3); aggravated battery against a household member (strangulation<br> or suffocation) (Count 3), NMSA 1... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - NM)Amanda Cuellar v. Dolgencorp., L.L.C.
Albuquerque, New Mexico civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> Legal issue Can the parties in a legal case obtain a stipulated protective order to safeguard confidential and proprietary information during discovery?<br> <br> Key Phrases Stipulated Protective Order. Confidential proprietary information. Federal Rules of Civil Procedu... More...
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