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Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and other financial crimes committed in connection with the operation of Ayudando Guardians, Inc., a non-profit corporation that previously provided guardianship, conservatorship and financial management to hundreds of people with special needs.

Susan Harris was se... More...    $0 (07-19-2021 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued the Social Security Administration seeking review of the denial of her application for SSID benefits by HHS.

42 U.S.C. Section 405(b) provides:
(b) Administrative determination of entitlement to benefits; findings of fact; hearings; investigations; evidentiary hearings in reconsiderations of disa... More...    $0 (03-11-2021 - NM)

Defendant was charged with residential burglary, unlawful taking of a motor 8 vehicle, stalking, larceny, and escape or attempt to escape from a peace officer on 9 June 21, 2012. Defendant’s charges stemmed from an event on May 22, 2012, 10 involving Defendant’s ex-girlfriend, E. Ramirez. Defendant and Ms. Ramirez had 11 been involved in a two-year relationship and had a child together in March 2... More...    $0 (08-09-2018 - NM)

The Appellants, the Navajo Nation and its wholly-owned government
enterprise the Northern Edge Navajo Casino (together, the “Tribe” or “Nation”),
entered into a state-tribal gaming compact with New Mexico under the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”), 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701–2721. The Tribe agreed
not only to waive its sovereign immunity for personal-injury lawsuits brought by
visi... More...    $0 (07-24-2018 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Rita Buccheri sued GEICO Insurance Company on a breach of insurance contract theory.

Date Filed # Docket Text
02/23/2018 166 NOTICE of Briefing Complete by Rita Buccheri re 133 MOTION for Summary Judgment for Violation of the Unfair Practices Act, Trade Practices and Frauds Act or in the Alternative For Partial Summary Judgment for Insurance Bad Faith filed by Rita... More...    $0 (03-22-2018 - NM)

In the early hours of September 15, 2005, nine shots were fired through a
3 bedroom window of an apartment in Clovis, killing ten-year-old Carlos Perez. Carlos
4 had been sleeping in the bedroom he shared with his older brother, the intended
5 victim, seventeen-year-old Ruben Perez.
6 {4} That night there were two distinct groups of actors involved in the shooting:
7 one group... More...    $0 (03-17-2018 - NM)

This civil rights class action lawsuit was filed thirty years ago to challenge
various aspects of the institutionalization of developmentally disabled individuals at
two state-supported facilities in New Mexico. After a lengthy trial in 1990, the
district court ruled that Defendants—the two institutions and the individuals charged
with their operation—were violating class members’ ... More...    $0 (01-23-2018 - NM)

Fossil fuels are the decomposed remains of pre-historic flora (coal) and fauna (oil
and gas). They have driven the world’s economy (particularly that of the United States)
for over a century. Discovering marketable deposits, extracting them from the ground,
refining them, and delivering them to consumers in useful form is big business, on one
hand fraught with risk and on the other... More...    $0 (01-10-2018 - NM)

Defendant’s convictions stem from events that occurred the afternoon of May
16 3, 2013, when Defendant was looking after J.C. (Child), a nine-year-old boy, and
17 Child’s twelve-year-old sister because Child’s mother was hospitalized. Defendant
18 lived with Child’s grandmother. According to Child, Defendant showed Child “ugly”
19 movies that showed photographs of women “showing th... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - NM)

William “Mack” Vaughan presented at the emergency department of Defendant
11 St. Vincent Hospital, Inc. (the Hospital) in Santa Fe, New Mexico in August 2002
12 with complaints of abdominal pain. He was seen in the emergency department by Dr.
13 Martin Wilt, who was a subcontractor/partner of Northern New Mexico Emergency
14 Medical Services, and who ordered a CT scan. The scan was... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - NM)

This appeal is brought by Mr. Gabriel Mirabal. He is a convicted
felon, which prevented him from lawfully possessing a gun. 18 U.S.C.
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§ 922(g)(1). But authorities thought that they had seen Mr. Mirabal put an
assault rifle in the trunk of a car. This sighting led authorities to arrange
for a local officer to stop Mr. Mirabal for a traffic violation and to search
the trunk... More...    $0 (11-30-2017 - NM)

Defendant Dennis Miera met Margarita Burciaga (Margarita) in 2000. The two
18 began dating, and eventually moved in together. When the relationship ended in the
19 spring of 2003, the couple split amicably, and Defendant continued to babysit
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1 Margarita’s children. In the summer of 2006, Defendant had agreed to watch G.M.,
2 Margarita’s eight-year-old daughter. Before the vis... More...    $0 (11-29-2017 - NM)

Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC, and Fundamental Clinical Consulting,
LLC (collectively, “Fundamental”), appeal from a district court order that dismissed their
complaint to compel arbitration. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we
affirm.
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BACKGROUND
In January 2014, Tessie Hammann was admitted to the Casa Arena Blanca
Nursing Center in New Mexic... More...    $0 (10-03-2017 - NM)

A New Mexico statute makes it illegal to “willfully interfere with the
educational process” at a public school. N.M. STAT. ANN. § 30-20-13(D). In
2009, an Albuquerque Police Officer assigned to a middle school as a School
Resource Officer (“SRO”) relied on that statute to arrest a thirteen-year-old for
skipping class. The main question before us is whether qualified immunity
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Defendant was indicted on 211 counts, including 52 counts of securities fraud,
18 52 counts of prohibited conduct in providing investment advice, 52 counts of fraud,1
52 counts of forgery, two counts of theft of identity, and one count of conspiracy to
2 commit securities fraud. Following Defendant’s plea of not guilty, the State filed a
3 motion to set conditions of release. Afte... More...    $0 (04-10-2017 - NM)

On January 9, 2014, R.S. disclosed to her school counselor that she had been
sexually assaulted by Daffin, at the end of the previous summer, while she was 12-13
years old. Later that day, at Emma’s House, a Children’s Advocacy Center in Hamilton,
R.S. participated in a forensic interview with Valerie Widmer (Widmer), a licensed
clinical social workerwith specialized training ... More...    $0 (04-05-2017 - NM)

Defendant was indicted on 211 counts, including 52 counts of securities fraud,
18 52 counts of prohibited conduct in providing investment advice, 52 counts of fraud,1
1 52 counts of forgery, two counts of theft of identity, and one count of conspiracy to
2 commit securities fraud. Following Defendant’s plea of not guilty, the State filed a
3 motion to set conditions of release. Af... More...    $0 (04-05-2017 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM

A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict finding Darryl J. Gutierrez of Santa Fe, N.M., guilty of violating the federal tax laws. Gutierrez, 61, was found guilty of obstructing and impeding the administration of the internal revenue laws and filing false tax returns.

Gutierrez was indicted on Nov. 5, 2015, and charged with one count of obstr... More...    $0 (04-02-2017 - NM)

Santa Fe, NM - Jury Convicts Real Estate Developer of Fraud and Embezzlement

The State of New Mexico charged Santa Fe real estate developer with fraud and embezzlement including eight second-degree felonies and one misdemeanor relating to the operation of his luxury home development and construction business Barranca Building and other businesses and development, including Las Campanas.More...    $0 (12-02-2016 - NM)

Minneapolis, MN - Danny Heinrich Admits To Murder Of Jacob Wetterling

Danny James Heinrich, 53, pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges. As part of his allocution, HEINRICH admitted in court that on October 22,1989, he abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling. HEINRICH also admitted that, in January 1989, he abducted and sexually assaulted 12-yea... More...    $0 (09-07-2016 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Former Bernalillo County Firefighter Sentenced to Prison for Federal Child Pornography Conviction - Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood

Patrick M. Lopez, 48, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for his conviction on child pornography charges. Lopez also was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. He... More...    $0 (08-07-2016 - NM)