New Mexico Invasion of Privacy Law

<h1> United States of America v. Cristhian Ortega-Lopez </h1></h1>

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition and conspiracy to tamper with evidence. A Venezuelan national and suspected member of a transnational criminal organization has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing firearms and conspiring to destroy evidence after posting photos and videos of himself w... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. James Kenney, Kevin Leacy </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged drug trafficking offenses </font/color="red"></center><center> Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Firearms Dealing</h2></center></center></> </font/color="red"></center></i"></center> <center><h2> A fed... More...

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United States of America v. Raul Guzman

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. In September 2022, Albuquerque Police Officers Walker Marion and Alex Castellano accompanied Christopher Armenta, a city code enforcement supervisor, to inspect Mr. Cannon's property for compliance with Albuquerque's housing code. Upon entering the property, ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Jarol Wilberto Arroyo-Cerin </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to illegally bring, transport, hide, or encourage unauthorized immigrants to enter or stay in the United States </font/color="red"></center><center> Maryland Man Arrested After Border Agents Uncover 13 Migrants Concealed in... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Darwin Yuvini Escobar-Lopez a.k.a Carlos Antonio Aguilar-Garcia </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a removed alien. </font/color="red"></center><center> Guatemalan National Sentenced to Eight Years for Illegal Reentry</h2></center> </h2></center> A Guatemalan national with a history of serious crime... More...

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Amanda Cuellar v. Dolgencorp., L.L.C.

Albuquerque, New Mexico civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory. Legal issue Can the parties in a legal case obtain a stipulated protective order to safeguard confidential and proprietary information during discovery? Key Phrases Stipulated Protective Order. Confidential proprietary information. Federal Rules of Civil Procedu... More...

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Isaias Gallardo v. Collection Resources, Inc., et al. </center

<h2> Las Cruces, New Mexico consumer credit law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory. </h2> The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) , 15 U.S.C. Â§ 1681 et seq., governs access to consumer credit report records and promotes accuracy, fairness, and the privacy of personal information assembled by Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs).<b... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Marc Candelaria </h1>

<h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree </center><center> U.S. Attorney Secures 26 Year Prison Sentence for Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree</h2></center> </h2></center> On September 14, 2021, Marc Candelari... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Marc Candelaria </h1>

<h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree </center><center> U.S. Attorney Secures 26 Year Prison Sentence for Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree</h2></center> </h2></center> On September 14, 2021, Marc Candelaria,... More...

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Alicia Charlie v. Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care

Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damages as a direct result of the disclosure of personal information caused by a data breach. Plaintiffs filed this action in state court on June 4, 2021. Class Action Complaint, Doc. 2 ("Compl.â€) at 3. Defendant removed it to federal ... More...

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De Anza Angel Dimas v. Pecos Independent School District Board of Education, et al.

Albuquerque, New Mexico civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that they violated her constitutional rights <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AlbuquerqueFed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New Mexico"> Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New Mexico <a font="red" href="https://ww... More...

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State of New Mexico v. Johnathan Lujan-Sierra

<center><h2> Albuquerque, NM - Criminal defense attorney represented Johnathon Lujan-Sierra with a child solicitation by electronic communication device (child solicitation), and appearing for a meeting with a child under thirteen years of age charge. </h2></center> 13 {2} Given that the parties are familiar with the facts and details of this case, this <... More...

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. CHRISTOPHER VALDIVIA

<h2> Las Cruces, NM - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Christopher Valdivia charged with possession of a controlled substance, tampering with evidence, battery upon a peace officer, and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer </h2> Officer Veronica De La O of the Las Cruces Police Department testified at 6 the suppression hearing as follow... More...

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Jesse Romero v. Titlemax of New Mexico, Inc. and TMX Finance, LLC; Tracy Young

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque%20PVD.jpg"> </center> This is an interlocutory appeal from a partial denial of a motion to compel arbitration. Plaintiff-Appellee Jesse Romero filed a class action complaint in New Mexico state court against Defendants-Appellants TitleMax of New Mexico, Inc., TMX Finance LLC, and Tra... More...

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. JOSEPH BLEA <table> <td>

On November 2, 1988, A.W. (Victim 1), who was 13 years old, went to her 15 home after school where an unknown man wearing a ski mask was lying in wait, 16 armed with a knife. The man vaginally penetrated Victim 1, and then forced her into 17 the bathroom. After securing the bathroom door so Victim 1 could not escape, the 18 unknown man fled. Victim 1 was taken to the hospital, whe... More...

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Abraham Aleiandro Gonzalez-Alarcon v. Adrian P. Macias

Abraham Gonzalez-Alarcon filed a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 alleging specific facts which, if proven, would demonstrate that he is a United States citizen. He seeks release from custody from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) following ICE’s reinstatement of a prior order of removal on that basis. Dismissing Gonzalez-Alarcon’s petition, the district co... More...

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State of New Mexico v. Wesley Davis

{1} This case concerns the inventory search exception to the warrant requirement. 4 The Court of Appeals concluded that the inventory search that occurred in this case 5 was invalid because Defendant Wesley Davis did not possess the backpack searched 6 at the time of arrest as the backpack was not “on his person or in his physical 7 possession . . . .” State v. Davis, 2016-NMCA... More...

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. LARRY BYROM

The facts are taken from the testimony at the suppression hearing held on June 18 11, 2015, unless otherwise noted. New Mexico State Police Sergeant James R. 19 Foreman responded to a call from dispatch on February 2, 2015 around 3:30 p.m. 2 1 concerning a man “slumped over the steering wheel” of his vehicle in the parking lot 2 of Dino’s Mini-Mart in Farmington, New Mexi... More...

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. LARESSA VARGAS

On April 23, 2011 at approximately 1:00 a.m., Bernalillo County Deputy 2 Sheriff Patrick Rael was part of a force conducting a DWI checkpoint on Coors 3 Boulevard in Albuquerque when he encountered Vargas. As Vargas approached the 4 checkpoint, she stopped fifteen to twenty yards before she reached where Deputy 5 Rael was standing, and Deputy Rael waved his flashlight to get her a... More...

$0 (11-03-2017 - NM)

Quentin Scott v. City of Albuquerque

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 immuni... More...

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. JOANN YAZZIE

The New Mexico Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act (MFRA), NMSA 4 1978, §§ 66-5-201 to -239 (1978, as amended through 2015), prohibits operation of 5 a motor vehicle without liability insurance or other proof of financial responsibility 6 and requires that proof of compliance be reported to the Motor Vehicle Division 7 (MVD) of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department (... More...

$0 (06-30-2016 - NM)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v . TRUETT THOMAS

On June 3, 2010, Guadalupe Ashford’s body was found partially hidden behind 16 a trash can at the edge of a small parking lot. Drag marks and blood spatter indicated 17 that Ashford had initially been assaulted in the lot and then dragged a short distance 18 to its edge where her body was found. The drag marks were contained within the span 19 of one parking space and extended le... More...

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. ANTHONY HOLT

Anthony Holt had partially removed a window screen from a residential 4 dwelling when he was detected by the homeowner and fled. In the process of 5 removing the screen, he placed his fingers behind the screen and inside the outer 6 boundary of the home. Holt was subsequently arrested and charged with breaking and 7 entering, in violation of NMSA 1978, Section 30-14-8 (1981). An �... More...

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. ARTHUR J. MESTAS

On October 1, 2012, Edward Fisher was working as a desk clerk and night 10 monitor at the Motel 6 in Roswell. Mr. Fisher’s desk was behind a chest-high counter 11 that separated his office from a lobby open to motel guests and the public. Next to the 12 counter was a locked door that allowed Mr. Fisher and other motel employees to enter 13 and return from the lobby area. A mecha... More...

$0 (02-13-2016 - NM)

Mocek v. City of Albuquerque

Mocek has a practice of refusing to show his photo identification at airport security checkpoints. Prior to 2008, he was able to clear checkpoints by complying with alternative TSA identification procedures. In 2008, the TSA established a policy that those who “simply refuse[d] to provide any identification or assist transportation security officers in ascertaining their identi... More...

$0 (01-24-2016 - NM)

State Of New Mexico v. Davis

Over a period of time during 2005 and 2006, the New Mexico State Police received several reports that residents were growing marijuana plants throughout rural areas of Taos County, New Mexico. The informants, however, were unable or unwilling to provide the police with specific locations where marijuana was growing due to the remoteness of the area and fear of retaliation. In investigating the re... More...

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United States v. Rodella

The Court takes its facts from the Revised Presentence Investigation Report, disclosed December 3, 2014, revised January 15, 2015 ("PSR"), that the United States Probation Office ("USPO") prepared. On March 11, 2014, Michael Tafoya pulled out a driveway onto the road, while a green jeep was traveling down the same road. See PSR ¶ 7, at 5. Rodella, Jr., who was driving the jeep, began flashing the... More...

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United States v. Rodella

The Court takes its facts from the Revised Presentence Investigation Report, disclosed December 3, 2014, revised January 15, 2015 ("PSR"), that the United States Probation Office ("USPO") prepared. On March 11, 2014, Michael Tafoya pulled out a driveway onto the road, while a green jeep was traveling down the same road. See PSR ¶ 7, at 5. Rodella, Jr., who was driving the jeep, began flashing th... More...

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United States v. Gonzalez

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Motion to Suppress, filed August 7, 2014 (Doc. 675)("Motion"). The Court held evidentiary hearings on the Motion on January 22, 2015, January 28, 2015, and January 30, 2015. The primary issues are: (i) whether the United States Drug Enforcement Agency's investigation of the Homero Varela Drug-Trafficking Organization ("Varela DTO") gave Luis Almonte and Ma... More...

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J.H. v. Bernalillo County

This appeal grew out of a suit brought on behalf of an 11-year-old girl (identified as “J.P”), who was a student in a class for children with special needs. One day, a deputy sheriff (J.M. Sharkey), who was working as a school resource officer, saw J.P. kick a teacher. Because the kick constituted a crime, Deputy Sharkey arrested J.P., handcuffed her, and transported her to a j... More...

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State Of New Mexico v. Pagan-Rivera

At trial, the State presented the testimony of Martha Colwell, Ramon Lopez, 8 Antonio Lopez, and Dennie Stallworth, along with investigators and expert witnesses. 9 The witnesses described the following events. 10 {4} Martha Colwell is the mother of Ramon Lopez and Antonio Lopez who on 11 November 7 2010, were ten and seventeen years old. Dwayne King, a family friend 12 who was... More...

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State Of New Mexico v. Serros

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution begins, “In all criminal 11 prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy . . . trial.” See N.M. Const. 12 art. II, § 14. In State v. Garza, we emphasized that “[t]he heart of the right to a speedy 13 trial is preventing prejudice to the accused.” 2009-NMSC-038, ¶ 12, 146 N.M. 499, 14 212 P.3d 387. But we... More...

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State of New Mexico v. William Pagan-Rivera

Following a jury trial, the district court entered judgment against Defendant 4 William Pagan-Rivera and sentenced him for the crimes of first-degree felony murder, 5 two counts of negligently caused child abuse, shooting from a motor vehicle, shooting 6 at a dwelling or occupied building, and tampering with the evidence. Defendant asks 7 this Court to reverse his convictions on gr... More...

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Stephen Maresca v. Bernalillo County

Plaintiffs-Appellants Stephen Maresca, Heather Martin-Maresca, and their three children were driving back from a family hike when they were arrested in a “felony stop” carried out by Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputies J. Fuentes, G. Grundhoffer, and four other officers.1 Deputy Fuentes initiated the stop because she mistakenly believed that the Marescas were driving a stole... More...

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United States of America v. Raul Cruz

Defendant Raul Cruz was convicted by a jury of knowingly and intentionally possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), and 18 U.S.C. Â§ 2, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 63 months. Cruz's conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. United States v. Cruz, 680 F.3d 1261, 1262 (10th Cir. 2012)... More...

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Ron Peterson Firearms, LLC v. B. Todd Jones

In an effort to reduce illegal gun trafficking "along and across the Southwest borderâ€ of the United States, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATFâ€) issued a demand letter to certain federal firearms licensees ("FFLsâ€) in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. The letter requires recipients to report to ATF sales to the same customer w... More...

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United States of America v. Carl Ernesto Romero

Defendant Carl Romero was convicted by a jury of assaulting and killing Naayaitch Friday. He challenges the district court's refusal to suppress evidence found after searches of the car he drove and his bedroom. We hold that the search warrant for the car was supported by probable cause and that investigating officers properly relied on his stepfather's consent to search his bedroom. Exercising ju... More...

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United States of America v. Raymundo Silva

A federal jury returned a verdict today finding Raymundo Silva, 35, guilty of a conspiracy charge and five bank fraud charges after a four-day trial. The jury acquitted Silva on two other bank fraud charges. The verdict was announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, Special Agent in Charge Dennis A. Ulrich, II, of HSI in El Paso, and Chief Roy E. Melnick of the Los Lunas Police Departme... More...

$0 (02-27-2014 - NM)

George Robert Miller v. Bank of America, N.S.

{1} Three of the remainder beneficiaries (Beneficiaries) of their father's two testamentary trusts appeal a judgment awarding them damages in an amount lower than they claimed that the trust Beneficiaries were entitled to recover. The trustee, Bank of America (the Bank), cross-appeals. The Bank's cross-appeal challenges the court's determination of liability. We deny the Bank's cro... More...

$0 (12-10-2013 - NM)

Monique Villalobos v. Board of County Commissioners of Dona Ana County, New Mexico

{1} In this case, we hold that expert testimony is needed to establish the standard of care for monitoring inmates in prisons. Monique Villalobos (Plaintiff), an inmate at the DoÃ±a Ana County Detention Center (Detention Center), sued the Board of County Commissioners of DoÃ±a Ana County, the Detention Center, and Christopher Barela (collectively, County Defendants) for negligence after she wa... More...

$0 (02-11-2014 - NM)