Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal.

8 U.S.C. 1325, also known as the "Improper Entry by Alien" law, makes it a crime for an alien to enter or attempt to enter the United States at a time or place not designated by immigration officers. It also covers eluding inspection by immigration officials or entering using... More...    $0 (07-31-2025 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George.

Angel Rubio-Quintana, 42, of St. George, Utah, was first discovered by agents in March 2020, after learning that an individual in St. George was receiving large amounts of methamphetamine from a Mexican cartel. During an ... More...    $0 (07-27-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with delaying and destroying immigration mail that was intended for delivery.

Diana K. Molyneux, was working at a USPS plant known as the Processing and Delivery Center (P&DC) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Working the nightshift, Molyneux sorted and processed Express and Priority Mail intended to be delivered locally or... More...    $0 (05-10-2023 - UT)

St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with failing to file financial reports with the United States Treasury after bringing currency in excess of $10,000 back into the United States from China.

Nam Ma, age 39, of Washington, Utah failed to report with the United States Treasury after bringing currency in excess of $10,000 back into the United States from ... More...    $0 (05-16-2022 - UT)

Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Setpoint Systems Inc.

The Justice Department today announced that it reached a settlement with Setpoint Systems Inc., an Ogden, Utah, engineering company. The settlement resolves the Department’s investigation into whether the company engaged in hiring discrimination against non-U.S. citizens protected under the I... More...    $0 (06-19-2018 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Utah Business Owner Convicted of Dealing in Firearms without a License and Filing False Tax Returns

Convicted of Illegally Selling Firearms and Underreporting More than $10 Million in Gross Receipts

A Salt Lake County, Utah, man was convicted by a federal jury of one count of dealing in firearms without a license and five counts of filing false tax returns.More...    $0 (10-04-2016 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Hansen Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Possession Of Child Porngraphy

A Salt Lake City man who admitted he had more than 600 images of child pornography in his possession, including images depicting young children being sexually assaulted by adults, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

Steven Seth Hansen, age 36, of Salt L... More...    $0 (11-10-2015 - UT)

¶ 1 Mr. Ramiro Oseguera-Garcia Jr. (Mr. Oseguera)1 was a lawful permanent resident of the United States when he pleaded guilty to felony theft in January 2002. In 2010, Mr. Oseguera was
1 The spelling of Mr. Oseguera‘s name appears in the record as both Ramiro Osegura-Garcia Jr. and Ramiro Oseguera-Garcia Jr. We use Ramiro Oseguera-Garcia Jr., as that name appears on his permanent resident ... More...    $0 (07-29-2014 - UT)

¶1 William Bolden is the putative father of a child (J.S.) born in 2011. The case before us on appeal is an adoption proceeding involving John and Jane Doe, the would-be adoptive parents of J.S. Bolden tried to intervene in and object to the Does‘ adoption of J.S. He was barred from doing so because he failed to preserve his legal rights as a father by filing a paternity affidavit within the ti... More...    $0 (11-04-2014 - UT)

¶ 1 Mr. Ramiro Oseguera-Garcia Jr. (Mr. Oseguera)1 was a lawful permanent resident of the United States when he pleaded guilty to felony theft in January 2002. In 2010, Mr. Oseguera was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and
1 The spelling of Mr. Oseguera‘s name appears in the record as both Ramiro Osegura-Garcia Jr. and Ramiro Oseguera-Garcia Jr. We use Ramiro Oseguera-Garcia ... More...    $0 (07-29-2014 - UT)

¶1 In 2007, Kenneth Trotter pled guilty to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Mr. Trotter later moved to withdraw his guilty plea, claiming it was not made voluntarily or knowingly because his defense counsel and the trial court failed to advise him that his plea would carry with it the requirement that he register as a sex offender. Mr. Trotter argued that this failure amounted to ineffective... More...    $0 (05-20-2014 - UT)

Hector Barrera–Quintero, a native and citizen of Mexico, faces removal from this country. He seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision finding him ineligible for cancellation of removal. Because Congress tightly constrains our power to review discretionary aspects of the BIA’s orders of removal, we must DISMISS IN PART his petition for lack of jurisdiction. But we are not s... More...    $0 (11-15-2012 - UT)

We granted en banc rehearing of this case to determine whether the so-called postdeparture bar regulation at 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(d) remains valid in this circuit considering Congress’ 1996 amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INAâ€�). The amended Act grants noncitizens the right to file one motion to reopen their immigration proceedings. However, the Board of Immigration Appeals (... More...    $0 (01-30-2012 - UT)

Immigration law has for some time provided that an order for removing an alien present unlawfully may be reinstated if he leaves and unlawfully reenters. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) amended the Immigration andNationality Act (INA) to enlarge the class of illegal reentrants whose orders may be reinstated and limit the possible relief from a remov... More...    $0 (06-23-2006 - UT)

This case turns upon the application of two statutes.(1) The first statute is § 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1255(i), which allows an alien who entered the United States without inspection to apply to become an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, if a petition for classification under INA § 204, 8 U.S.C. § 1154, (including a relative visa petiti... More...    $0 (01-02-2005 - UT)

Petitioner Raul Cruz-Garza seeks review(1) of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) upholding a removal order issued by an Immigration Judge (IJ) under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) ("Any alien who is convicted of an aggravated felony at any time after admission is deportable."). He contends the BIA erroneously relied on his state felony conviction for attempted theft to invo... More...    $0 (02-06-2005 - UT)

Jorge Esparza-Mendoza appeals his conviction on one count of violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326, which prohibits previously deported aliens from reentering the United States. Esparza-Mendoza has not contested that he had been previously deported following a felony conviction for possession of cocaine in 1999, that he did not have the express consent of the Attorney General to return, and that his pres... More...    $0 (10-14-2004 - UT)

Respondents-Appellants Wayne Kirkpatrick, Joseph Greene and Janet Reno (collectively the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS")) seek reversal of the district court order granting the application for naturalization of Petitioner-Appellee Gustavo Galvez-Letona ("Galvez") and ordering the INS to naturalize him forthwith. The INS had denied Galvez's application for citizenship because he coul... More...    $0 (02-01-2001 - UT)