Norfolk, Virginia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a prisoner civil rights violation theory un 42 U.S.C. 1983.

"Prisoner civil rights law is a complex area of law that governs the rights of incarcerated individuals. Prisoners retain many of the same constitutional rights as non-incarcerated individuals, but those rights may be restricted to some e... More...    $0 (11-03-2023 - VA)

Newport News, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with making more than 60 threats to murder, rape, torture and otherwise harm state and federal elected officials, including numerous members of Congress and a former President of the United States.

Steve Cochran, 43, repeatedly threatened to murder, kidnap, torture, and/or rape elected officials and their loved ones.... More...    $0 (10-13-2022 - VA)

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs and other felonies.

A federal jury convicted four defendants on numerous charges relating to a murder, a violent gang enterprise, and a drug trafficking conspiracy operating in Virginia, California, and several other states.

According to court records and evidence pres... More...    $0 (05-06-2022 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - The United States of America charged Andrew Thomasberg with:

18:922(a)(6) - FALSE STATEMENT IN FIREARMS PURCHASE
(1)
18:922(g)(3) POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY AN ILLEGAL DRUG USER
(2)

A member of the Atomwaffen Division, a white supremacist organization, pleaded guilty to possessing firearms while being an unlawful drug user and making a false stateme... More...    $0 (11-12-2019 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - Man Sentenced to Prison for $1.1 Million Email Phishing Scam

A New York man was sentenced on June 22, 2018 to 32 months in prison for defrauding a Virginia-based trade association out of more than $1.1 million in an email phishing scam.

According to court documents, Olajide Abraham Eyitayo, 46, of Hempstead, opened three banking accounts in January 2016 using a c... More...    $0 (06-24-2018 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - National Rifle Association of America v. Lockton Affinity Series of Lockton Affinity, LLC and Lockton Affinity Series of Lockton Affinity, LLC

... More...    $0 (05-30-2018 - VA)

We recount the facts in the light most favorable to the Government, the prevailing
party at trial. See United States v. Garcia-Ochoa, 607 F.3d 371, 376 (4th Cir. 2010). In
late 2012 and early 2013, Hall facilitated the Navy’s purchase of 349 unattributable (i.e.,
unserialized and untraceable) firearm suppressors for approximately $1,657,750. At that
time, Hall worked directl... More...    $0 (03-28-2018 - VA)

Defendants James Larry McNeal and Alphonso Stoddard were
convicted by a jury and sentenced in the Eastern District of
Virginia for conspiracy, armed bank robberies, and brandishing
firearms during crimes of violence. On appeal, McNeal and
Stoddard jointly challenge the sufficiency of the evidence
supporting their convictions on the brandishing offenses.
Separately, McNeal p... More...    $0 (03-04-2018 - VA)

Roanoke, VA - Roanoke Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charge

William Rhodes Used an Internet Program to Allow Others to Access Images of Child Pornography

A Roanoke man, who used a peer-to-peer file-sharing network that allowed others to access his images of hardcore child pornography, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia... More...    $0 (05-23-2017 - VA)

The Unit Owners Association of BuildAmerica-1, a condominium, filed its bill to enforce liens recorded against condominium units owned by Harry F. Gillman and Saundra K. Gillman based upon fines it had levied for alleged violations by them of its rules and regulations. It also sought to enjoin the Gillmans from bringing their garbage trucks onto the common elements of the condominium. The Gillman... More...    $0 (06-18-1982 - VA)

We consider the evidence on appeal “in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, as
we must since it was the prevailing party” in the trial court. So viewed, the evidence at trial was that the Check Country Store in Floyd County is owned by Wayne Lamay. On May 28, 2014, appellant was involved in
an incident at the store. As a result of that incident, Mr. Lamay told appellant, in “... More...    $0 (03-28-2016 - VA)

Norfolk, VA - Operator of Second-Largest Music Piracy Website in the U.S. Sentenced to 3 Years for Criminal Copyright Infringement

Rocky P. Ouprasith, 23, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for reproducing and distributing without permission millions of infringing digital copies of copyrighted works, including copies of popular songs and albums befor... More...    $0 (11-18-2015 - VA)

CoreTel Virginia, LLC (“CoreTel”), a telecommunications company, has entered into interconnection agreements with Verizon Virginia, LLC and Verizon South, Inc. (collectively “Verizon”) in accordance with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (codified at 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.). In this second appeal arising out of a disagreement between CoreTel and Verizon over t... More...    $0 (11-13-2015 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - Former Las Vegas Couple Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Over 400 Vulnerable Homeowners in $3.8 Million Mortgage Scam

Kristen Michelle Ayala, aka Amber Lynch, aka Olivia Benet, aka Grace Williams, 30, and Joshua Manuel Sanchez, aka Nelson Cruz, aka Chris Ward, aka Daniel Mora, 34, both formerly of Las Vegas, were sentenced today for conspiracy to commit wire fraud for ... More...    $0 (10-29-2015 - VA)

In 2000, REVI, LLC (“REVI”) purchased a five-acre parcel of residential property along
the Potomac River in Fairfax County (the “Property”). At that time, REVI also purchased a title
insurance policy from Chicago Title Insurance Company (“Chicago Title”), which insured
against “loss or damage” caused by “[a]ny defect in or lien or encumbrance on the title,” among
other risks. ... More...    $0 (09-18-2015 - VA)

SD3, LLC and its subsidiary, SawStop, LLC (together, “SawStop”), contend that several major table-saw manufacturers conspired to boycott SawStop’s safety technology and corrupt a private safety-standard-setting process, all with the aim of keeping that technology off the market. Consequently, SawStop sued nearly two dozen saw manufacturers and affiliated entities, alleging that they violated § 1 o... More...    $0 (09-15-2015 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - Ashburn Woman Sentenced to 5 Years for Mortgage and Tax Fraud

Charise Stone, 46, of Ashburn, Virginia, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for her role in a real estate short sale scheme that included tax and mortgage fraud, and passing fraudulent financial documents. Stone was also ordered to forfeit $721,552, and ordered t... More...    $0 (08-17-2015 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - Former Las Vegas Couple Guilty of Defrauding Over 400 Vulnerable Homeowners in $3.8 Million Mortgage Scam

Kristen Michelle Ayala, aka “Amber Lynch,” aka “Olivia Benet,” aka “Grace Williams,” 30, and Joshua Manuel Sanchez, aka “Nelson Cruz,” aka “Chris Ward,” “Daniel Mora,” 34, both formerly of Las Vegas, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their rol... More...    $0 (08-05-2015 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - The United States of America charged Hana Amal Beshara with conspiracy and criminal copyright infringement for her role in the creation and operation of NinjaVideo, which was at one time one of the most popular places online to illegally download TV shows and movies. She was known online as Queen Phara.

Beshara along with Josh Evans and others created and operated NinjaVi... More...    $0 (06-04-2014 - VA)

Via various state statutes and a state constitutional amendment, Virginia prevents same-sex couples from marrying and refuses to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Two same-sex couples filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of these laws, alleging that they violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court granted the couples... More...    $0 (07-28-2014 - VA)

Petitioner Tobia Romero Quitanilla, a native of El Salvador, sought discretionary relief from removal by way of a special rule cancellation under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997 (the “NACARAâ€�).1 An Immigration Judge (the “IJâ€�) denied Quitanilla’s request, ruling that he was ineligible for relief because of the “persecutor bar,â€� codified at 8 U.S.C. Â... More...    $0 (07-14-2014 - VA)

WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Justice today announced an agreement with SunTrust Mortgage Inc. that resolves a criminal investigation of SunTrust’s administration of the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).

As detailed in documents filed today, SunTrust misled numerous mortgage servicing customers who sought mortgage relief through HAMP. Specifically, SunTrust made mate... More...    $0 (07-03-2014 - VA)

Westmoreland Coal Company, Inc. challenges an Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ�) decision, affirmed by the Benefits Review Board (the “Board�), to award black lung benefits to Westmoreland’s former employee, Jarrell Cochran. Because the award of benefits is supported by the record and accords with applicable law, we must deny Westmoreland’s petition for review.

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The B... More...    $0 (06-04-2013 - VA)

When Mahmoud Hegab, an employee of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ("NGA") with a top secret security clearance, informed the agency of his marriage to Bushra Nusairat, the NGA conducted a reinvestigation into his security clearance. Based on new information, the NGA revoked Hegab’s security clearance.

Hegab commenced this action under the Administrative Procedure Act against ... More...    $0 (04-25-2013 - VA)

Southern Walk at Broadlands Homeowners Association brought this action seeking a declaratory judgment against OpenBand at Broadlands, the corporation with which it had contracted in 2001 for wire-based video services. Southern Walk alleges that the 2007 Exclusivity Order issued by the Federal Communications Commission renders "null and void" OpenBand’s exclusive rights under the 2001 contracts t... More...    $0 (04-05-2013 - VA)

Plaintiffs James Brooks and Donald Hamlette, corrections officers at the Correctional Unit in Rustburg, Virginia, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the defendants unlawfully fired them for exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech. The Supreme Court has been quite clear, however, that "‘complaints about . . . the employee’s own duties’" that are "filed with an employer... More...    $0 (07-09-2012 - VA)

The Real Truth About Abortion, Inc. (formerly known as The Real Truth About Obama, Inc.), a Virginia non-profit corporation organized under § 527 of the Internal Revenue Code to provide "accurate and truthful information about the public policy positions of Senator Barack Obama," commenced this action against the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice, contending that it was "c... More...    $0 (06-14-2012 - VA)