Vermont Immigration Law
United States of America v. Joseph Llano
Rutland, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Joseph Llano, 26, of Springfield, Massachusetts, his uncles, Tanashe Edwards and Edwin Davila, and numerous other co-conspirators, that trafficked cocaine base and fentanyl from Massachusetts to Central Vermont. The group distributed drugs to a large number of custo... More...
$ (02-11-2026 - VT)<H2> United States of America v. Samuel Alfaro-Sanchez
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after having been found in the District of Vermont on August 13, 2025, without any lawful status to be in the country. Alfaro-Sanchez, illegally entered the United States on numerous prior occasions. In 2008, Alfaro-Sanchez voluntarily returned to Mexico after having been ... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - VT)<H2> United States of America v. Carlos Nonoal-Cano
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportation of illegal aliens. On December 16, 2025, agents from U.S. Border Patrol received a notification of border crossing on the Vermont-Canada border and received an image of individuals crossing the snow-covered border on foot taken that evening. When Border Patrol agents conducted a search of the rem... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Alfredo Barrera Vasquez </h1></h1>
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transportation of Illegal Aliens<br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 19, 2025, Carlos Alfredo Barrera Vasquez, 31, of Jalapa, Guatemala, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 12 months imprisonment. Barrera Vasq... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Samuel Alfaro-Sanchez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry to the United States </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican National Charged with Illegal Reentry to the United States</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center>... More...
$0 (08-31-2025 - VT)Guadalupe Garcia Olivo v. Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Burlington, Vermont pro se Plaintiff without a lawyer surged on an immigration law theory.... More...
$0 (08-21-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Boisvert, Meghan Cox </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with armed bank robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Hampshire Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges For 2024 Crime Spree</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> <center><br> <h1><br> Sponsored By <br> <a href="http://www.morelaw... More...
$0 (06-18-2025 - VT)<H2> Mohsen Mahawi v. Donald J. Trump, et al.
Concord, Vermont civil rights lawyers representing Plaintiff challenging arrest and detention.<br> <br> Mohsen Mahdawi is an undergraduate student at Columbia University. He is also a Lawful Permanent Resident who has lived in the United States for over a decade and is in the process of applying to become a U.S. citizen. When Mahdawi appeared for his naturalization interview in Vermont on April 14... More...
$0 (05-12-2025 - vt)<h1> United States of America v. Nasir Hussain </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Submitting Fraudulent Immigration Application </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Indian Citizen Convicted of Submitting Fraudulent Immigration Application</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> After a two-day trial before Unit... More...
$0 (04-25-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Owin Thomas </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base and Fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New York Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base and Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center>... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Benjamin Gutierrez-Morales </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bringing Illegal Aliens to the United States </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican Man Charged with Bringing Aliens to the United States</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury indicted Benjamin Gutier... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - VT)Shilpaben Amitkumar Patel, et al. v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services et al </center
<h2><br> Burlington, Vermont immigration lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on an administrative appeal.<br> </h2> <br> <br> The nature of the issue involved is not available.... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - VT)<H2> S.E.P.M. v. United States of America </H2>
Rutland, Vermont administrative law lawyer sued the Defendant on an immigration law theory.<br> <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/vermont/news/rutland/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Rutland</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> ... More...
$0 (01-26-2023 - VT)<H2> Migrant Justice v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al. </H2>
Burlington, Vermont immigration lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act, 05 USC 552.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/vermont/news/burlington/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Burlington</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> <br> 5 U.S.C. 552 -... More...
$0 (11-22-2022 - VT)United States of America v. Antonio Alvarez
Burlington, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawfully attempting to transport individuals that entered the United States illegally. <br> <br> During the evening of November 7, 2022, a United States Border Patrol Agent performing surveillance in the vicinity of Moon Road in Derby Line, Vermont, less than a mile from the Canadian border, observed six individuals, who ... More...
$0 (12-07-2022 - VT)United States of America v. William Stenger
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.<br> <br> William Stenger, 72, of Newport, Vermont, was charged with one felony count of knowingly and willfully submitting false documents to the Vermont Regional Center ("VRCâ€) in connection with his involvement in the Jay Peak Biomedical Research Park EB-5 investment project, also cal... More...
$0 (08-13-2021 - VT)United States of America v. William Kelly
Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.<br> <br> William Kelly, 72, of Weston, Florida, was charged in two felony counts in connection with his involvement in the Jay Peak Biomedical Research Park EB-5 investment project, also called the AnC Vermont project. <br> <br> Kelly pleaded guilty to conspiring with co-defendants Ariel Quiros... More...
$0 (06-11-2021 - VT)United States of America v. Ariel Quiros
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/VermontFED.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Rutland, VT - The United States of America charged Ariel Quiros, age 64, with fraud.<br> <br> Quiros pleaded guilty to conspiring with co-defendants William Kelly, Jong Weon (Alex) Choi, and William Stenger in a multi-year wire fraud scheme to defraud immigrant investors s... More...
$0 (08-22-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Miguel Lopez-Castillo
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> <br> Burlington, VT - Miguel Lopez-Castillo, 35, a Mexican national, was sentenced to a year and one day of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge that he was found in the United States after having been previously deported. <br> <br> According to the indictme... More...
$0 (05-30-2019 - VT)United States of America v. Alexis Vlachos
Burlington, VT - Quebec Man Sentenced to 51 Months Imprisonment for Smuggling Over 100 Handguns From Vermont to Quebec<br> <br> Alexis Vlachos, 41, of Montreal, Quebec, was sentenced on September 4, 2018 in United States District Court by Judge William K. Sessions III to 51 months imprisonment for smuggling of over 100 handguns from Vermont to Quebec. Vlachos previously pled guilty to conspiring t... More...
$0 (09-04-2018 - VT)United States of America v. Betty Miller
Burlington, VT - Former Senior Living Facility Resident Sentenced to 5 Years of Probation and a $10,000 Fine for Possession of Ricin<br> <br> Betty Miller, 71, formerly of Shelburne, Vermont, was sentenced on September 6, 2018 by the Honorable Christina Reiss to a term of five years of probation, including extensive mental health treatment, following her plea to knowingly possessing ricin in viola... More...
$0 (09-06-2018 - VT)United States of America v. Salmen Hernandez-Ayala
Burlington, VT - Mexican Man Sentenced for Alien Smuggling<br> <br> Salmen Hernandez-Ayala, 48, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on September 10, 2018 in United States District Court in Burlington for transporting three illegal aliens within the United States. United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Hernandez-Ayala to time served. Hernandez-Ayala has been in custody since his ar... More...
$0 (09-10-2018 - VT)United States of America v. Sanjay Gupta
Burlington, VT - New Jersey Man Sentenced to Six Months of Incarceration and $10,000 Fine for Hiring Twelve Unauthorized Aliens<br> <br> Sanjay Gupta, 51, of Fords, New Jersey, was sentenced yesterday for illegally hiring twelve unauthorized aliens to work at his company, Doon Technologies located in Iselin, New Jersey. U.S. District Judge J. Garvan Murtha sentenced Gupta to a six-month term of in... More...
$24000 (09-11-2017 - VT)State of Vermont v. Sergio Mendez
Defendant is a citizen of the Dominican Republic who lived and worked legally in <br> Massachusetts as a permanent resident of the United States. In June 2013, he pleaded guilty to <br> one charge of felony domestic assault stemming from a May 2013 incident in which he <br> attempted to strangle his girlfriend at her home in Rutland, Vermont. Defendant signed a written <br> plea agreement prior ... More...
$0 (03-02-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Sergio Mendez
Defendant is a citizen of the Dominican Republic who lived and worked legally in <br> Massachusetts as a permanent resident of the United States. In June 2013, he pleaded guilty to <br> one charge of felony domestic assault stemming from a May 2013 incident in which he <br> attempted to strangle his girlfriend at her home in Rutland, Vermont. Defendant signed a written <br> plea agreement prior ... More...
$0 (02-28-2016 - VT)United States of America v. Richard Graham
Burlington, VT - Richard Graham Sentenced to 70 Months for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base<br> <br> Richard Graham, 37, of Bronx, New York was sentenced for having possessed with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base in Vermont. United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford sentenced Graham to 70 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised releas... More...
$0 (02-17-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Peter A. Goewey
Defendant and the State entered a plea agreement, in exchange for which the <br> charge was amended and other charges against defendant were dismissed. The plea agreement <br> contemplated a contested sentencing hearing allowing the State to argue for a sentence of up to <br> forty years to life to serve and defendant to argue for a sentence of ten years to life, split to serve <br> five years. ... More...
$0 (02-08-2016 - VT)Neil and Patricia Whitney v. Vermont Mutual Insurance Company
This case calls upon us to apply a “pollution exclusion” in an insurance policy for the second time in a year. Plaintiffs Neil and Patricia Whitney assert that damage to their home and personal property resulting from the spraying within their home of a pesticide known as chlorpyrifos is covered by their homeowners policy. Defendant Vermont <br> Mutual Insurance Company (Vermont Mutual) argu... More...
$0 (12-27-2015 - VT)State Of Vermont v. Peter A. Goewey
¶ 2. Defendant and the State entered a plea agreement, in exchange for which the <br> charge was amended and other charges against defendant were dismissed. The plea agreement <br> contemplated a contested sentencing hearing allowing the State to argue for a sentence of up to <br> forty years to life to serve and defendant to argue for a sentence of ten years to life, split to serve <br> five ye... More...
$0 (12-27-2015 - VT)United States of America v. Michael Beaudoin
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Michael Beaudoin, 29, of Essex Junction, Vermont, was sentenced on September 15, 2014, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve 121-months imprisonment and a 15-year period of supervised release following his conviction on one count of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ... More...
$0 (09-16-2014 - VT)United States of America v. Timothy Keevan
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Timothy Keevan, 49, of Swanton, Vermont, was sentenced on September 15, 2014, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve 48-months imprisonment and a 15-year period of supervised release following his conviction on one count of accessing child pornography with the intent to view it, in violation ... More...
$0 (09-16-2014 - VT)United States of America v. Fabian Hugo De Mestico
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Fabian Hugo De Mestico, 47, of California, appeared on November 21, 2014 in United States District Court in Burlington following his arrest for alien smuggling. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released De Mestico on conditions pending his next court hearing.<br> <br> According to court records, in the early even... More...
$0 (11-24-2014 - VT)United States of America v. Roberto Rivera-Ortiz
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Roberto Rivera-Ortiz, 28, a resident of the New York City area, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington following his guilty plea to a charge that he made false statements to members of the United States Border Patrol. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Rivera-Ortiz to ti... More...
$0 (11-30--0001 - VT)John L. Preston, Jr. v. Burlington City Retirement Plan
¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Defendant City of Burlington Retirement System appeals from a superior court judgment reversing the City's decision to terminate the disability retirement of plaintiff, a former City firefighter. The City contends: (1) the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction; and (2) its decision to terminate the benefit was reasonable and proper. We affirm. <br><br>�... More...
$0 (07-12-2013 - VT)George Brault v. Social Security Administration
Plaintiff-Appellant George Brault appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Murtha, J.) affirming the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security ("the Commissionerâ€) denying Brault's application for disability benefits. We conclude the decision of the administrative law judge ("ALJâ€) was supported by substantial evidence and was not... More...
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