Texas Excessive Force Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nathaniel Zuniga-Valle </h2> <center>
Amarillo, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a machine gun in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(o)(1), 924(a)(2). 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> on March 22, Amarillo Police Department officers were dispatched to the 300 Block of South ... More...
$ (07-25-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jesus Espinosa </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deprivation of rights under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242 and making false statements to a U.S. Government agency in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. 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> While acting under color... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mitchell David Slentz </h2> </center>
Austin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wire fraud and engaging in monetary transactions with criminally derived proceeds in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and 18 U.S.C. 1957 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> Mitchell David Slentz, 34, was in charge of accounti... More...
$ (07-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tonya Crowder, et al. </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: Conspiracy to Unlawfully Distribute and Dispense Controlled Substances Unlawfully Distributing and Dispensing Controlled Substances and Aiding and Abetting Tonya Crowder, 49, Missouri City; Marlene Durham, 55, Humble; and Demetrius Onuaguluchi, 34, Houston; with distribution of a controlled substance and con... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Robert P. Oristaglio, Jr. ex rel. United States of America v. Community Care Health Network LLC, doing business as Matrix Medical Network (Matrix), DPN USA, doing business as HealthFair (HealthFair), and Shahriah “James” Ekbatani </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam action claiming that the Defendants violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing the submission of false or invalid diagnosis codes to the Medicare Advantage program. 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> The United` ... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bobby Brandon Galvan aka “Puravidarecia” </h2> </center>
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firearm trafficking. Bobby Brandon Galvan aka “Puravidarecia,” 30, was affiliated with the La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM) cartel and straw purchased numerous weapons, to include an AK-47 rifle that was recovered after it was used in a shootout between cartel members and Mexican law enforcement. On Feb. 20, 20... More...
$ (05-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mayra Collins </h2> </center>
Corpus Christi, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and impersonating an officer or employee of the United States. Twenty-nine year old, Mayra Collins, is accused of fraudulently posed as a federal agent with various agencies in 2022 and again in 2025. She had first allegedly posed as an immigration officer employed by the United States to carry o... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isela Mendez </h2> </center>
Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl. Isela Mendez, 45, was identified during an investigation involving the influx of counterfeit oxycodone, and other prescription pills, in the Eastern District of Texas and surrounding areas. It was determined that Mendez worked with others to distribute tens of thous... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marvin Alexander Portillo </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. in June of 2023, Marvin Alexander Portillo, 29, was identified during a drug trafficking investigation involving the distribution of fentanyl-laced pills in the Eastern District of Texas. Portillo admitted to being involved in a conspiracy responsible for dis... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cyrus Kourosh Boujabadi </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of multiple narcotics. Cyrus Boujabadi onspired with others to distribute MDMA, meth, cocaine, marijuana, psilocybin and DMT. As part of the conspiracy, he coordinated drug transactions using a messaging application, directed others to deliver controlled substances and accepted payment in cash and electr... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Johnny Quoc Tran </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and meth. an investigation began in March 2019 when authorities identified a Houston-based drug trafficking organization with additional operations in Dallas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Authorities determined Tran led the organization and operated a pill press lab... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, and Daniel Sanchez-Estrada </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, attempted murder of a officers and employees of the United States, and discharging a firedarm in relation to the furtherance of a violent crime. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Mo... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Kurtney Bernard Jones
Abilene, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Kurtney Jones, also known as “KP,” was responsible for distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin in the Abilene area. In December 2023, Jones assumed control of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed drugs in Abilene and the surro... More...
$ (02-15-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Antonio Curo
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer Jason Luong represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled drug (fentanyl) resulting in death. Antonio Curo, age 25, admitted he distributed the drug through the U.S. mail to individuals across the country. Specifically, Curo distributed fentanyl to a 16-year-old female in Houston who died after consu... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Clayton Willis Caddell and Robert Alfonso Cazarin
Sherman, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking methamphetamine. Clayton Willis Caddell, 48, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and was sentenced to 181 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan on January 9, 2026. Robert Alfonso Cazarin, 37, pleaded guilty to co... More...
$ (01-13-2026 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo
El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit human smuggling. In October 2024, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas returned an indictment against Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, 53, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo, 41, of Colombia for... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Devon Shermaine Rhodes
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r possessing with the intent to distribute bulk crystal methamphetamine. On Nov. 8, 2022, authorities conducted surveillance at a local fast-food establishment where they observed a drug transaction involving Devon Shermaine Rhodes. He had paid more than $10,000 in cash for approximately five kilograms of crystal met... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Damon Tonyado Johnson
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery. Damon Johnson, 51, was indicted in December 2024 for robbing the PNC Bank on North Glenbrook Drive in Garland, Texas on November 14, 2024. He pled guilty in May 2025 to bank robbery. Today, U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle sentenced Johnson to 200 months in federal prison. According to court documents,... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - TX)State of Texas v. Taylor Rene Parker
Boston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder.<br> <br> In November 2022, Taylor Rene Parker was tried for and convicted of capital murder pursuant to Section 19.03(a)(2) of the Penal Code for committing the murder of an individual in the course of committing or attempting to commit a <br> kidnapping. TEX. PENAL CODE § 19.03(a)(2).<br> <br> The medi... More...
$0 (11-06-2025 - TX)<H2> Stephen Benavides v. Harris County, Texas
Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.c. 1983.<br> <br> On December 26, 2019, at approximately 7:19 p.m., Deputy Jose Nunez of the Harris County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call reporting a suspected in-progress home invasion. The caller, Sandra Garibay, informed the dispatcher that she had locked herself and her yo... More...
$0 (11-24-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Cody Lee Spencer
Austin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Possession with Intent to Distribute a Substance.<br> <br> "Whether the Government has breached a plea agreement is a<br> question of law that this Court reviews de novo,†so long as the issue was<br> preserved, as it was here. United States v. Purser, 747 F.3d 284, 290 (5th Cir.<br> 2014); United States v. Malmqu... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - TX)Janice Hughes Barners, et al. v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al.
Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force wrongful death civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> Ashtian Barners was shot and killed by Officer Roberto Felix, Jr. during a traffic stop.<br> <br> Barnes's parents sued Felix and Harris County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.5 The district court granted summary judgment on the<br> p... More...
$0 (09-24-2025 - TX)State of Texas v. Louis Armando Rojas
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Louis Armando Rojas, 38, is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend's husband in West Harris County after a domestic dispute in 2011. Rojas was charged on Jan 1, 2012, with murder – a first-degree felony.<br> <br> In 2017, law enforcement became aware that Rojas was promoting himself on YouTube as... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - TX)Ronald Smith v. Hunter Saenz and Jimmy Gonzalez
Tyler, Texas, pro se plaintiff without a lawyer sued on a wrongful use of excessive force.<br> <br> On June 27, 2021, Plaintiff-Appellee Ronald Smith was running and<br> walking on a public easement along Highway 46 in Guadalupe County,<br> Texas. Defendant-Appellant Deputy Saenz observed Smith on the side of<br> the highway while on patrol and turned around to "check on†him.<br> According ... More...
$0 (08-14-2025 - TX)Mark Hernandez v. Manuel Poveda, jr. and Edgar E. Razo
Houston, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the plaintiff who sued on a prisoner civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> From August 10, 2015, to July 8, 2021, Mark Hernandez was incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison system. In 2018, Hernandez filed a pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit against three TDCJ corrections officers, Brady (Cullen) Preischel, Manuel... More...
$800000 (08-04-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Raul Garcia Jr. aka Rule </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with heroin trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hermandad de Pistoleros Latinos gang member sentenced to 100 months for heroin trafficking</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> ... More...
$0 (07-21-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Charles Brownlee </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fort Worth, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Hobbs Act Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Robbery, five counts of Hobbs Act Interference with Commerce by Robbery, five counts of Using, Carrying, and Brandishing a Firearm during a Crime of Violence, and one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm </font/c... More...
$0 (07-18-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Celso Manuel Gamboa Sanchez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manufacturing and distributing cocaine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> The former senior Costa Rican official has been charged, arrested, and is pending extradition to the United States on international drug trafficking charges</h2></center></b><... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Steven Daniel Weste
San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking and making threats of injury in interstate communications.<br> <br> Steven Daniel Weste was convicted for cyberstalking and sending threatening interstate communications.He filed a motion to suppress, contending that the warrantless search of his cell phone while in a halfway house violated the Fourth A... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Dera Ogudo, Victoria Martinez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Nearly 50 charged in Southern District of Texas as part of national health care fraud takedown</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> <center><br> <b><br> Sponsored By<br> MoreLaw Suites<br>... More...
$0 (06-30-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Luis Miguel Claros Sarmiento, et al. <</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and weapons charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> 16 "Anti-Tren†members and associates charged with cocaine and firearms trafficking</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <center><br> <b><br> Sponsored By<br> MoreLaw... More...
$0 (07-01-2025 - TX)Kenneth D. Anderson, et al.v Crystal Estrada, et al.
Houston, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> <br> In the early morning of October 10, 2021, Kenneth Anderson, Jr.,<br> crashed a sedan in Harris County, Texas. Deputy Crystal Estrada was the<br> first officer to arrive at the scene around 3:25 A.M. Her body camera shows<br> Anderson's car against the curb near an intersectio... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - TX)Brittany Salinas, et al. v. City of Houston; Officer M. Salazar; Officer N. Garcia
Houston, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on 42 U.S.C. 1983 excessive force wrongful death theories.<br> <br> Houston police officers Manual Salazar and Nestor Garcia, members of the Gang Division Crime Reduction Unit, fatally shot David Anthony Salinas on July 14, 2021, following a pursuit in a sting operation. His widow Brittany Salinas brings this s... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - TX)Jose Castro v. Kimberly Kory, Michael Thornton, Carl Kerawalla, and Shawn King
San Antonio, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a constitutional law violation under 42 U.S.C. 1983 excessive force theory.... More...
$265000 (05-23-2025 - TX)Janice Hughes Barnes, et al. v. Roberto Felix, Jr.
Houston, Texas personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a 42 U.S.c. 1983 excessive force claim.<br> <br> Roberto Felix, Jr., a law enforcement officer, pulled over Ashtian Barnes for suspected toll violations. Felix ordered Barnes to exit the vehicle, but Barnes began to drive away. As the car began to move forward, Felix jumped onto its doorsill and fired two shots insi... More...
$0 (03-07-2022 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Carlos Rivas-Moreiera, Hector Ramires, Larry Navarete, Jorge Parada, Raul Landaverde-Giron, Sergio Sibrian, Dimas Alfaro-Granados </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with double murder </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> MS-13 leaders sentenced for January 2022 double murder that resulted in nationwide lockdown of federal prison system</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The last of seven defend... More...
$0 (04-29-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Wilson King </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to shoot and kill ICE agents </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> North Texas man who threatened to shoot and kill ICE agents charged in federal court</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A North Texas man who threatene... More...
$0 (04-07-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Emanuel Isac Celedon </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Laredo, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smuggling aliens and receiving bribes from cartel </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former federal officer sentenced for smuggling aliens and receiving bribes from cartel </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A former Customs an... More...
$0 (03-28-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Job Jasso Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Midland, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Midland Felon Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Producing Child Pornography </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Midland man was sentenced in federal co... More...
$0 (03-28-2025 - TX)<h1> </h1></h1> <h1> United States of America v. Vida Tamor Overstreet, Patrick Wayne Frazier aka Pat, Juantay Dewayne Frazier aka Broadway, David Wayne Frazier aka Dinky, Santiago Daniel Baltazar aka Chago, Walter Wood, Santos Moncada aka Tos, Jessie Franco, Shondra Christine Walker, Orian Emanuel Garcia, Rudolfo Luna aka Roy Luna, Adam Lee Arredondo, Justin Lee Dominguez, Anthony James Lockett, Rita Adelita Castillo, Rita Adelita Castillo, Paul Wayne Frazier, Charles Andre Sykes, Heather Jane Whitehead, Henry Tienda, Jr., Gary Dewayne Bolton, Arhmad Rashad Fountain aka Ra Ra, Rubith Diaz Rodriguez, Tyler Kristian Piseno </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of fentany, </font/color="red"></b></center><... More...
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