North Carolina Fourth Amendment Law

United States of America v. Augustine Perez Deanna Coleman

Winston--Salem, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Federal probation officers conducted warrantless searches of two residences based on their supervision of Augustine Perez, a federal supervisee subject to warrantless search conditions. Officers first searched Perez’s reported residence and then searched a separate home, owned by... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Timothy Michael Dever, a timothy-michael: de vere, a/k/a Timothy Michael Deaver

Asheville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting interstate threatening communication, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 875(c). To establish a violation of § 875(c), the government must prove “(1) the defendant knowingly communicate[d] a statement in interstate commerce that (2) contain[ed] a ‘true threat’ that is not prote... More...

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United States of America v. Clyde Turaine Brand

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with drug and firearm felonies. Following his indictment on federal drug and firearm charges, Clyde Turaine Brand moved to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant issued by a state court judge. He argued that the affidavit supporting the warrant application failed to establish pr... More...

$0 (12-19-2024 - NC)

<h1> United States of America v. Rashad Jamal Blanchard, </h1>

<h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Smuggling 46 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine At Charlotte Airport </center><center> California Gang Member Caught Smuggling 46 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine At Charlotte Airport Is Sentenced To 20 Years</h2></center>... More...

$0 (11-15-2024 - NC)

Malcolm Wiener v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Charlotte, North Carolina insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. This case was filed in the Mecklenburg County Superior Court, 18-CVS-1254 4th Circuit, 21-02165, Fourth, 24-01316, and was removed to federal court by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. Under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade P... More...

$0 (04-17-2024 - NC)

Ronnie Wallace Long v. City of Concord, et al.

Raleigh, North Carolina personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories. According to United States District Court Judge James C. Dever, III: "Long was wrongfully incarcerated for more than 44 years for a burglary and rape he did not commit. See Am. Compl. [D.E. 24] ¶¶ 1-2. Throughout his incarceration, Long maintained a... More...

$25000000 (01-11-2024 - NC)

United States of America v. Bruce Carroll Callahan, Jr., aka â€œHossâ€

<h3><center>Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Drug Charges </h3></center> Bruce Carroll Callahan, Jr., aka "Hoss,â€ age 45,an armed Robeson County drug trafficker and prior federal felon who bragged to investigators about being the "biggestâ€ drug dealer in Robeson County, was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for his rol... More...

$0 (01-02-2024 - NC)

United States of America v. Bruce Carroll Callahan, Jr., a/k/a "Hoss"

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine and crack sourced from Honduras and Mexico in Eastern North Carolina. Callahan claimed to have access to over twenty kilograms of narcotics at any time. While awaiting trial and prior to his September 26, 2023, guilty plea, Bruce Carroll Callahan, Jr., a/k/a "... More...

$0 (12-22-2023 - NC)

Charles O'Brien Teague v. Marshall Pike, et al.

Raleigh, North Carolina pro se Plaintiff sued the Defendants on a prisoner civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Most prisoner civil rights cases are generally predicated on violation of the 8th Amendment. They are very fact driven and are very hard to win. ... More...

$0 (11-06-2023 - NC)

<H2> North Carolina v. Molly Martens Corbett and Thomas Martens

Lexington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder. ¶ 1 In the early morning hours of 2 August 2015, a Davidson County 911 operator received a call regarding an incident at 160 Panther Creek Court. The caller, Thomas Martens (Tom), reported that his son-in-law, Jason Corbett (Jason), "got in a fight" with his daughter, Molly Martens Corbett ... More...

$0 (10-30-2023 - NC)

Kim Shook, Kylie Scolaro-Conti and John Szwyd v. NCG Acquisition, LLC, et al.

Asheville, North Carolina civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued defendants on wrongful discharge theories. On March 24, 2022, the Plaintiffs filed this action against the Defendants, asserting claims for wrongful discharge in violation of North Carolina public policy and for intentional infliction of emotional distress. [Doc. 1]. On May 10, 2022, the Defendants moved t... More...

$0 (04-14-2023 - NC)

<H2> Willie Womble v. City of Durham, et al. </H2>

Durham, North Carolina personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983. <table> <h1> <center> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northcarolina/news/durham/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Durham</a> </center> </h1> </table> </center> "On November 18, 1975, two m... More...

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United States of America v. Caleb Kenyetta Sheffield

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegal possession of a machine gun. <table> <h1> <center> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northcarolina/news/greensboro/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Greensboro</a> </center> </h1> </table> On July 3, 2021, when a North Carolina State Highway Patrol of... More...

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State of North Carolina v. Riley Dawson Conner

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree murder. The Supreme Court of the United States has determined that it is unconstitutional to sentence a juvenile defendant to a term of life without parole without consideration of the juvenile's age and attendant circumstances, and that such a sentence is constitutionally impermissible fo... More...

$0 (06-17-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Charles Donohoe

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers during the events in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. Charles Donohoe, 34, of Kernersville, North Carolina, a member of the Proud Boys, a group that describes itself as a "pro-Western fraternal organization for men who ... More...

$0 (04-08-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Dr. George Osei-Bonsu, M.D., Palladium Primary Care, P.A., and Premiere Health Care Plus, P.A.

Greensboro, North Carolina Medicaid and Medicare fraud charge fraud accusation lawyer represented Defendants, Dr. George Osei-Bonsu, M.D., Palladium Primary Care, P.A., and Premiere Health Care Plus, P.A. Defendants Dr. George Osei-Bonsu, M.D., Palladium Primary Care, P.A., and Premiere Health Care Plus, P.A., of Greensboro and High Point, submitted false claims to Medicaid and Medicare.... More...

$0 (07-04-2021 - NC)

United States of America v. Dr. George Osei-Bonsu, M.D., Palladium Primary Care, P.A., and Premiere Health Care Plus, P.A., of Greensboro and High Point

Greensboro, North Carolina health care fraud claim against Dr. George Osei-Bonsu, M.D., Palladium Primary Care, P.A., and Premiere Health Care Plus, P.A., of Greensboro and High Point settled for $300,000. "Medicare and Medicaid lay out specific coverage guidelines for diagnostic studies to ensure that taxpayer dollars are only spent on medically necessary exams,â€ said Acting U.S. ... More...

$0 (06-23-2021 - NC)

United States of America v. A.D. McRae, IV

<center> <img width="400" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-m/locations/greensboro.png"> </center> Winston-Salem, NC - The United States of America charged A.D. McRae, IV, age 30, with malicious use of explosive materials. According to documents filed with the Court, two people were inside a Laurinburg residence on March 1, 2017, when an ignited Molotov cocktail... More...

$0 (07-04-2020 - NC)

United States of America v. Andrea Farrington, Jr.

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<cente> Lewis A. Brandon, III v. The City of Greensboro

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncmd.uscourts.gov/sites/ncmd/files/lrp.JPG"> </center> After eight voting citizens of Greensboro, North Carolina, (“Citizens”) prevailed in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Guilford County Board of Elections, successfully challenging as unconstitutional a 2015 state law that redrew Greensboro City Council districts and obt... More...

$0 (04-15-2019 - NC)

Nikki T. Thomas v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Commissioner of Social Security Administration

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"> </center> The Acting Commissioner of Social Security (Commissioner) denied Nikki T. Thomas’s application for supplemental security income (SSI). Thomas sought review in the district court, and the district court affirmed the denial of her application. This appeal followed. ... More...

$0 (03-08-2019 - NC)

United States of America v. Blake Charboneau

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-e/locations/raleigh.jpg"> </center> The district court found Blake Charboneau to be a “sexually dangerous person” under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (the “Act”).1 18 U.S.C. § 4247(a)(5). As a result, the district court committed Charboneau to the custody of the Attorney General... More...

$0 (02-07-2019 - NC)

Charles Ray Finch v. Superintendent Timothy McKoy

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-e/locations/raleigh.jpg"> </center> Petitioner Charles Ray Finch appeals the denial of his federal habeas petition. In 1976, a jury in Wilson, North Carolina convicted Finch of first-degree murder. Finch originally received a death sentence, but in 1977, the North Carolina Supreme Court commuted his sentence to ... More...

$0 (01-31-2019 - NC)

United States of America v. Ismael Azua-Rinconada

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-e/locations/raleigh.jpg"> </center> After Ismael Azua-Rinconada (“Azua”) was indicted for illegally entering the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), he filed two motions to suppress all statements and all other evidence obtained by law enforcement officers during their encounter with him prior... More...

$0 (01-30-2019 - NC)

Felipe Perez Perez v. Lee Francis Cissna

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"> </center> This case involves the application of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J), a means for immigrant children to become lawful permanent residents of the United States if they meet the statutory special immigrant juvenile (“SIJ”) requirements. One of the requirements is a qu... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ISMAEL AZUA-RINCONADA

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Save Our Sound OBX, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Transportation

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-e/locations/raleigh.jpg"> </center> Appellants Save Our Sound OBX, Inc. and its members, residents and vacationers from North Carolina’s Outer Banks, (collectively “SOS”) challenge the decision of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (the “NCDOT”), the Federal Highway Administration (the “FHWA�... More...

$0 (01-23-2019 - NC)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JEFFREY R. MACDONALD

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Tobarak Ulla Tofu v. Matthew G. Whitaker

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$0 (11-24-2018 - NC)

United States of America v. Prempeh Ernest Agyemang

Raleigh, NC - Justice Department Secures the Denaturalization of Individual Convicted of Sexual Abuse by a Substitute Parent/Custodian On August 8, 2018, Chief Judge James C. Dever III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina entered an order that revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a child sex offender, restrained and enjoined him from claiming any ri... More...

$0 (08-14-2018 - NC)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. WALLACE DIXON COX; LISA COX <table> <td>

The U.S. government brought a civil in rem forfeiture action against the Coxes as a result of their involvement in illegal gambling and money laundering operations, seeking disgorgement of “property constituting or derived from proceeds traceable to violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1955 and 1956.” S.A. 6‒7.1 In December 2010, the Coxes reached a settlement agreement with the government... More...

$0 (07-22-2018 - NC)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOHN TIMOTHY CANNON, a/k/a Mr JT, <table> <td>

Cannon argues that the district court abused its discretion in denying his pretrial motion for a reliability hearing. Cannon’s opening brief merely incorporates by reference his district court pleadings, a tactic of which we have disapproved. See Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(8)(A); Wahi v. Charleston Area Med. Ctr., Inc., 562 F.3d 599, 607 (4th Cir. 2009); McCarver v. Lee, 221 F.3d 583, 588 n.1 (... More...

$0 (07-15-2018 - Nc)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOSEPH KELVIN ABERANT <table> <td>

We review a defendant’s sentence “under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.” Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 41 (2007). Under this standard, a sentence is reviewed for both procedural and substantive reasonableness. Id. at 51. In determining procedural reasonableness, we consider whether the district court properly calculated the defendant’s advisory Guidelines range, g... More...

$0 (07-15-2018 - NC)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ALEX LENARD MCCOY <table> <td>

In November 2015, a federal grand jury indicted Alex McCoy on four related drug charges. Count one charged McCoy with participating in a crack-cocaine trafficking conspiracy centered around Gaston County, North Carolina in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, while the remaining three counts charged McCoy with distribution and possession of crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §... More...

$0 (07-15-2018 - NC)

United States of America v. Davon Kelly Bennett

Davon Kelly Bennett was convicted of numerous offenses related to drug dealing. At trial, the government introduced testimony from six witnesses who had previously signed cooperation agreements with the government, two statements Bennett made shortly after his arrest, testimony from an IRS agent who had helped investigate Bennett’s financial assets, and additional evidence about Bennett’s crim... More...

$0 (06-20-2018 - NC)

United States of America v. Darra Lee Shephard, a/k/a Nora Southerland, a/ka/ Donna Ramirez

Darra Lee Shephard conspired to defraud U.S. residents through a telemarketing sweepstakes scheme. From a call center in Costa Rica, Shephard and others would tell their unwitting victims that they had won a sweepstakes prize. The catch? Winners could receive their prize money only after paying a “refundable insurance fee.” Victims of the scheme wired thousands of dollars to the call center, b... More...

$0 (06-15-2018 - NC)

Thomas M. Cannon v. Village of Bald Head Island

In August 2014, the Village of Bald Head Island, N.C. (“Bald Head”), fired Plaintiffs Thomas Cannon, Jesse Conner, Donald Koons, and Nicholas Terrell (collectively, the “Officers”)—who worked for Bald Head’s Department of Public Safety (the “Department”)—for the content of messages the Officers sent in a private text-message chain. Approximately one year later, the Officers filed... More...

$0 (05-30-2018 - NC)

Stephen Six v. Generation Federal Credit Union

This appeal arises out of the district court’s order sanctioning three attorneys and their law firms under both its inherent authority and 28 U.S.C. § 1927. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm. I. The district court based its decision to award sanctions on a comprehensive evaluation of the attorneys’ conduct. That conduct was, in many respects, egregious, and it continued throug... More...

$0 (06-04-2018 - NC)

Bobbydyne McMillan v. Cumberland County Board of Education; Joseph M. Locklear

Appellant Bobbydyne McMillan was employed by the Cumberland County Board of Education (“CCBE”) and resigned following an investigation into her conduct during the course of her employment. She appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Defendants, CCBE, and Joseph M. Locklear,1 Associate Superintendent of Human Resources, on her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 F... More...

$0 (04-03-2018 - NC)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GERALD ADRIAN WHEELER, a/k/a Bay-Bay <table> <td>

In the district court, Gerald Wheeler (“Appellant”) sought to have his habeas corpus petition heard on the merits by means of the “savings clause” per 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e). The savings clause provides that an individual may seek relief from an illegal detention by way of a traditional 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition, if he or she can demonstrate that a § 2255... More...

$0 (03-28-2018 - NC)