Oklahoma Federal Tort Claims Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ryan John Capps </h2> </center>
Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercion and Enticement, one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Child/Use of a Child to Produce a Visual Depiction, and one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/132200/kent-morlan/" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> In the autumn of 2022, while em... More...
$ (10-25-2024 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. K.L.H. </h2> </center>
Eufaula, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/132200/kent-morlan/" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> represents the Defendant charged with conspiracy and grand larceny. Defendant, a tow truck operator, was called by Johnson to retrieve a broken down trailer from a highway in McInstosh County, Defendant's tow truck was inoperative and he called Calvert to use h... More...
$ (04-08-2025 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Dilan Newberry </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder in violation of 21 O.S. 701. Dilan Newberry was accused of killing his girlfriend, Chandra Cole. Newberry claimed that he and Chandra got home, and he went to bed, then all of a sudden two guys broke into their apartment and he fought them and left. A surveillance camera outside the apar... More...
$ (09-22-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Lonnie Lee Baker </h2> </center>
Newkirk, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: 1. TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS (METH) AFC 2+ (FEL) Under Oklahoma Statutes §63-2-415, a second violation for trafficking methamphetamine (20 grams or more) is a felony punishable by not less than four (4) years nor more than life in prison.Key Penalties & Sentencing DetailsParole Eligibility: For a second... More...
$ (02-27-2025 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Isaac Warren Benz </h2> </center>
Miami, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with being a sex offender within a state park. In Oklahoma, sex offender restrictions regarding state parks depend on whether the individual is visiting/loitering or attempting to establish residency.Loitering and Entering (Zone of Safety)500-Foot Restriction: Under Oklahoma Statutes §21-1125, a "zone of safety" is creat... More...
$ (11-13-2025 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. J.A.C. </h2> </center>
Sapulpa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a crime against nature - Beastiality in violation of 21 O.S.C. 886. The text of 21 O.S. § 886 states:"Every person who is guilty of the detestable and abominable crime against nature, committed with mankind or with a beast, is guilty of a Class B4 felony offense..."Under the companion statute, 21 O.S. § 887, the ... More...
$ (10-09-2025 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Lee Cory </h2> </center>
Pawhuska, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with lewd or indecent acts to a child under age 16 in violation of 21 O.S.C. 1123. A. It is a Class A3 felony offense for any person to knowingly and intentionally: 1. Make any oral, written or electronically or computer-generated lewd or indecent proposal to any child under sixteen (16) years of age, or other indiv... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Venkateswara Chagamreddy </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, conspiracy to demand ,oney and property while falsely impersonating a federal agent in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. 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> In ... More...
$ (09-11-2026 - OK)<H2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Ronnie Allen Barton </h2> </center>
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, commission of a sex offense by a registered sex offender, and attempted receipt of child pornography. 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> Ronnie Alle... More...
$ (09-10-2026 - ok)<h2> <center> Marissa Harvick and Davin Gummere v. The City of Owasso </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Governmental Tort Claim Act theory. 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> Plaintiff claimed that he was injured and/or damaged in motor-vehicle collision that occurred on December 7, 2024, in Owasso, Oklaho... More...
$1002000 (08-18-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. George Wesley Gilchrist, Jr. </h2> </center>
Ponca City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with animal cruelty. ¶3 The State's evidence at preliminary hearing showed Gilchrist deprived thirteen (13) dogs of food, water and adequate shelter while they were confined near a grove of trees on his rural Grant County property. Two of the dogs were chained separately to small metal shelters; the other eleven wer... More...
$ (02-07-2019 - OK)<h2> </center> Carey Setliff v. Amy Newberry </h2> <center>
Oklahoma City, personal injury represented the Plaintiff on a medical malpractice claims. 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> Plaintiff sought counseling service for her minor children from the Defendants. Defendant denied that she provided negligence or substandard counseling services.... More...
$ (08-12-2026 - OK)<j2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Qrell Johnson </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm after former conviction of a firearm. 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, Esq.</a> a person convicted of a felony cannot own, possess, or control a firearm in Oklahoma under Oklahoma Statutes Title ... More...
$ (08-26-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. John Fitgerald Neloms, jr. </h2> </center>
Norman, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree rape in violation of 21 O.S. 1114. In the early morning hours of November 21, 2007, four-year-old B.N. was sleeping on the floor of her family's living room in an apartment in Norman, Oklahoma. Her siblings and parents were asleep in their respective bedrooms. B.N.'s mother allowed B.N. to sleep in the... More...
$ (03-28-2012 - OK)<h2> <center> Petition of Humphrey </h2> </center>
¶1 Petitioner, Granville Lee Humphrey, was charged by Information with Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance, Case No. CRF-79-2159, and Carrying a Firearm, After Former Conviction of a Felony, Case No. CRF-79-2273. He posted a bond in the sum of $3,000.00 (Three Thousand Dollars) and $5,000.00 (Five Thousand Dollars) respectively. Preliminary hearing in each case was set for July 10, 1979,... More...
$ (09-18-1979 - OK)<H2> <CENTER> Bruce Brill v. The Honorable Noma Gurich </h2> </center>
¶1 On August 14, 1998, Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in this Court after being denied bond pending trial in the District Court of Oklahoma County. In an order filed August 14, 1998, the Honorable Noma D. Gurich, District Judge, denied Petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Gurich denied bond finding that Petitioner is a flight risk and that he poses ... More...
$ (09-23-1998 - ok)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tyler Ray Thompson </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country. 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 March 2024, Tyler Ray Thompson, 29, began his day by consuming methamphetamine and marijuana. Thompson had never held a valid driver�... More...
$ (07-23-2026 - OK)<H2> <CENTER> Kenny Furr v. Holley-Woods Spraying Co LLC; Rockin H Genetics LLC; Chase Holley; Blake Holley, American Interstate Insurance Company, and Exact Well Service, L.L.C. </h2> </center>
Arnett, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued Holley-Woods Spraying Co LLC; Rockin H Genetics LLC; Chase Holley; Blake Holley, American Interstate Insurance Company, and Exact Well Service, L.L.C. on negligence theories. The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available.... More...
$ (06-08-2026 - ok)<h2> <center> Kim Hester v. Cody Rhodes </h2> </center>
Norman, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an auto negligence claims. 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...
$ (06-23-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Bayan Terki Aamer </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery in violation of 21 O.S. 1123.B, which provides: B. No person shall commit sexual battery on any other person. “Sexual battery” shall mean the intentional touching, mauling or feeling of the body or private parts of any person sixteen (16) years of age or older, in a lewd and lascivious manner: ... More...
$ (07-16-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. M.C.S. </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony pointing a firearm in violation of 21 O.S. 1289.16, which provides: A. It shall be lawful to point a firearm, knife, or any other deadly weapon at another person or persons by: 1. A person who can legally own or possess a weapon pursuant to the provisions of Section 1272 of this title: a. during an act ... More...
$ (07-07-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Larisha Larell Wabaunasee </h1> </center>
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement and theft from an indian tribal organization in violation 18 U.S.C. 1163. 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> While employed by the Caddo Nation, LARISHA LARELL WABAUNASEE, 39, of Anadarko, worked... More...
$ (07-11-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Jose Hilario Ortiz Chairez </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery in violation of 21 O.S. 1123(B), which provides: B. No person shall commit sexual battery on any other person. “Sexual battery” shall mean the intentional touching, mauling or feeling of the body or private parts of any person sixteen (16) years of age or older, in a lewd and lascivious manner: ... More...
$ (07-09-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. L.K.E. </h2> </center><h2>
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AFCF, in violation of 21 O.S. 1283 POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AFCF, in violation of 21 O.S. 1283(a) A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person convicted of any felony in any court of this state or of another state or of the United States to ... More...
$ (06-29-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Meko Atkins </h2> </centter>
Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, in violation of 21 O.S. 645 United States Department of Justice: The Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13, makes state law applicable to conduct occurring on lands reserved or acquired by the Federal government as provided in 18 U.S.C. § 7(3), when the act or omission is n... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Josiah Nathaniel Haddock </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with lewd molestation in violation of 21 O.S. 1123(a) and possession of child sexual abuse material in violation of 21 O.S. 1021.2. 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> 21 O.S. 1123 provides: A. It is a Class A3 felony ... More...
$ (06-22-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeremy Michael Bowles </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with Healthcare Fraud in violation of 18 U.S.c. 1347. 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> Jeremy Michael Bowles, 41, of Bixby, Oklahoma, was the operator of 3 pharmacies and submitted the false billings on behalf of those ph... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Speridian Technologies LLC, BenefitAlign, LLC, Xelleration LLC, TrueCoverage LLC, Business Advantage Consulting Inc., and Helix Business Solutions LLC (Speridian Group) </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma, qui tam lawyers represented the United States of America on a False Claims Act violation. Under the Federal False Claims Act, private individuals act as qui tam, “whistleblowers,” and may bring lawsuits against entities that have committed fraud against the government. A qui tam Civil Complaint was filed by GNGH2, Inc. in December 2024, alleging that Speridian Technologies ... More...
$ (06-22-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> United Sates of America v. Howard Raymond Gimmey </h2> </center>
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a threat against the President of the United States. On May 5, 2026, HOWARD RAYMOND GIMMEY, 46, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, posted “I’m going to kill the President…” on a social media website. Gimmey knowingly and willfully made the communication and did so with recklessness as to whether it w... More...
$ (06-10-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Danny Seibel </h2> </center>
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank 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> Danny Seibel, 55, of Lindsay, Oklahoma, was an executive at FNBL from in or around February 2007 until his termination in September 2024. As alleged, Seibel cause... More...
$ (05-11-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. C.D.O. </h2> </center>
Stillwater, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with domestic assault and batter by strangulation in violation of 21 O.S. 644, which provides: A. Assault shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by a fine not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. Assault and battery shal... More...
$ (05-30-2025 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Jennifer Shane Gilmore </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with acquiring proceeds from drug activity in violation of 63 O.S. 2-503.1, which provides: A. It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to receive or acquire proceeds and to conceal such proceeds, or engage in transactions involving proceeds, known to be derived from any violation of the Uniform Controlled... More...
$ (05-27-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma ex rel. Stitt v. City of Tulsa, et al. </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Supreme Court rules that agreement between the City of Tulsa and the Creek Nation is void. ¶1 On December 15, 2025, this Court stayed this proceeding in light of ongoing federal litigation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma ("Northern District") between the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ("Nation") and Respondents. 1 That litigation ce... More...
$ (05-28-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Jacob Chairez </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm while in the commission of a felony, possession of a controlled substance, and acquiring proceeds from drug activity. 21 O.S. 1287 provides: A. Any person who, while committing or attempting to commit a felony, possesses a pistol, shotgun or rifle or any other offensive weapon in such commi... More...
$ (05-26-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Rikki Rowe </h2> </center>
Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/30353/robbi-barker/" target="_new">Robbi Barker</a> represented the Defendant charged with feloniously pointing a firearm, carrying a firearm while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and actual physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated. 21 O.S. 1289.16 provides: A. It shall be lawful to point a firea... More...
$ (05-26-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> Parker Goforth v. Stillwater Public Schools </h2> </center>
Stillwater, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Governmental Tort Claim auto negligence claim. By Kent Morlan Plaintiff claimed that he was injured and/or damaged in a school bus car accident caused by the bus driver.... More...
$37000 (05-05-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Naim Bilal Evans </h2> </center>
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. On April 19, 2025, officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department responded to a metro convenience store following reports of a man with a firearm. When officers arrived, they encountered Naim Bilal Evans, age 38, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, crossing the street and recovere... More...
$ (04-29-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joshua Gabriel Blake </h2> </center>
Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law. On January 28, 2025, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Joshua Gabriel Blake, age 31, of Cameron, Oklahoma, while acting under color of law as an Oklahoma State Highway Patrol Trooper, and while using a dangerous weapon, kicked the victim in the head, thereby willfully... More...
$ (04-29-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. A.J.M. and T.H.F. </h2> </center><h2>
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: FORG, POSSESSION OF FORGED INSTRUMENTS, in violation of 21 O.S. 1579 J.Z.M. Date of Offense: 10/14/2025 Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/30/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF FORGED INSTRUMENTS(FORG) Violation of 21 O.S. 1579, which provides: A. Every person who has i... More...
$ (04-20-2026 - OK)<h2> <center> State of Oklahoma v. Michael Anthony Smith </h2> </center><h2>
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm AFCF in violation of 21 O.S. 1283, which provides: A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person convicted of any felony in any court of this state or of another state or of the United States to have in his or her possession or under his or her imm... More...
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