Las Cruces, NM: Conspiracy to harbor aliens charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Adrian Acevedo, 37, of Sunland Park, New Mexico, was indicted for conspiracy to take a hostage and conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens.

On Oct. 4, 2019, Acevedo and his co-conspirators detained two sisters, both Cuban nationals, at Acevedo’s home in Sunland Park. Acevedo and the co-conspira... More...    $0 (08-30-2021 - NM)

Las Cruces, New Mexico civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory.

This case was filed in the Fifth Judicial District Court, 20cv308, and was removed to federal court by Defendant.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).

Since 2005, military reservist, Chief Petty Officer Robert M. Diaz (Ret.) worked as a full-time Court Security Officer (CSO) at the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston. He also served our country as a member of the Co... More...    $0 (08-10-2021 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico environmental law lawyer represented Defendant, Southwest Organizing Project, New Mexico Voices for Children, Mimi Stewart, Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Andres Romero, Lucille Cordova, Reynaluz Juarez, and Dante Smith, who sued the United States Department of the Air Force under the Resource & Recovery Act.

42 U.S.C. 6901 provides:

(a) Solid wasteThe Congress... More...    $0 (03-15-2021 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Laguna Pueblo Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Conviction on Federal Conspiracy and Commercial Robbery Charges

Cruz Abeita, 28, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo who resides in San Felipe, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 84 months of imprisonment for his conviction on a conspiracy charge and for violating the Hobbs Act. Abeita will... More...    $0 (08-17-2018 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Member of Albuquerque-Based Armed Robbery Crew Sentenced to Seven Years for Conviction on Federal Firearms Charge

Gabriel Sanchez, 29, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 84 months in prison for his conviction for using and brandishing a firearm during the robbery of a commercial business engaged in interstate commerce. Sanchez will be on super... More...    $0 (08-16-2018 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Laguna Pueblo Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Conviction on Federal Conspiracy and Commercial Robbery Charges

Cruz Abeita, 28, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo who resides in San Felipe, N.M., was sentenced on August 17, 2018 in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 84 months of imprisonment for his conviction on a conspiracy charge and for violating the Hobbs Act.... More...    $0 (08-20-2018 - 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 - Texas Man Sentenced in New Mexico to Federal Prison for Transporting Woman Across State Lines for Prostitution

Markell Quashan Sweargin, 20, of Lubbock, Tex., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 30 months in prison for transporting a person in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in prostitution. Sweargin will be on supervised ... More...    $0 (07-19-2018 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Felon from Edgewood Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession of Firearm and Ammunition Under Plea Agreement Recommending 188 Months of Imprisonment

Defendant Subject to Enhanced Penalty Due to Armed Career Criminal Status

Dennis Griego, 36, of Edgewood, N.M., pled guilty on July 9, 2018 in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by... More...    $0 (07-10-2018 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Felon Sentenced to 200 Months for Conviction on Federal Armed Robbery, Carjacking and Firearms Charges

Prosecution Brought under Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative

Virgal Malott, 23, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced on February 15, 2018 in federal court to 200 months (16.6 years) of imprisonment for his conviction on armed robbe... More...    $0 (02-20-2018 - 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)

This is the second appeal in this litigation to come before this court. The first
appeal involved claims by the estate of Vera Cummings (the Estate) against Community
Health Systems, Inc. (CHSI) under state law, against the United States under the Federal
Tort Claims Act (FTCA), and against Mountain View Regional Medical Center
(Mountain View) under state law. We disposed of the ap... More...    $0 (01-30-2018 - 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)

Albuquerque, NM - Former Resident of Las Vegas, N.M., Pleads Guilty to Synthetic Cannabinoid Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges - Defendant Used Businesses in Las Vegas and Raton, N.M., and Kingman, Ariz., to Distribute Synthetic Cannabinoids and Launder Drug Proceeds

Ray L. Smith, 51, a former resident of Las Vegas, N.M., who now resides in Kingman, Ariz., pled guilty on November 2... More...    $0 (11-07-2017 - 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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Law Cruces, NM - Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Woman for Prostitution in Hobbs, New Mexico

Markell Quashan Sweargin, 19, of Lubbock, Tex., pled guilty to transporting a person for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.

Sweargin was arrested in June 2017, on a criminal complaint charging him with transporting a person in interstate commerce for the purpose of forcing t... More...    $0 (09-08-2017 - NM)

In this interlocutory appeal, Defendant-Appellant Chase Thouvenell contends
that the district court erred in denying him qualified immunity from a 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983 claim asserted by the personal representative of the estate of Michael Malone
(“Malone”), alleging that Deputy Thouvenell violated the Fourth Amendment when
he shot and killed Malone while trying to arrest him. We conclu... More...    $0 (09-08-2017 - NM)