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6 Aug 2023, 5:40 am by Joel R. Brandes
.,2023) Petitioner, a friend of the minor child’s family, commenced aproceeding to be appointed as the guardian of the child and subsequently moved for the issuance of an order enabling the child to petition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for special immigrant juvenile status. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 2:00 am
FACE SUBSTANTIAL PRISON TIME FOR ATTACK ON NONVIOLENT, RESTRAINED INMATEAccording to a press release issued by the United States Department of Justice, two former correctional officers at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex pleaded guilty in early July to their respective roles in the assault of an inmate who was “lying face-down, wearing handcuffs and leg shackles, and isolated in a prison shower cell. [read post]
2 Aug 2023, 1:46 am by Seán Binder
Chutkan has presided over dozens of Jan. 6 attack cases and has repeatedly exceeded the prison sentences requested by prosecutors. [read post]
1 Aug 2023, 8:04 pm
The obstruction charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, while convictions on the conspiracy to violate rights and defraud the government would carry up to five years each. [read post]
31 Jul 2023, 2:00 am
FACES UP TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR IMPORTING ANCIENT SYRIAN MOSAICIn late June, the United States Department of Justice announced that a federal jury had convicted a California man (56) for illegally importing to the U.S., a 2000-year-old Syrian mosaic of the Greek god, Hercules.Found to have falsely certified that he was importing items worth about $2,199, when the mosaic was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, he was convicted of “one count of entry of falsely… [read post]
28 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
One attorney said drawing new districts just once a decade after the census comes out is almost passé, and ongoing litigation is the new normal. [read post]
27 Jul 2023, 2:00 am
FACES MULTIPLE DECADES IN PRISON FOR PURLOINING $175 MILLION FROM VICTIMSThe United States Justice Department recently announced that an individual who was a Canadian and French citizen (57) was convicted on June 16, 2023, for leading a mass-mailing fraud scheme which purloined more than $175 million from people here in the United States.According to the evidence presented at his trial, the man -- who operated the scam from 1994 thru 2014 -- sent letters which purported to… [read post]
25 Jul 2023, 3:57 am by Rob Robinson
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) continues to recruit prisoners to fight in Ukraine. [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 2:00 am
OFFERED MINORS MONEY AND GIFTS IN EXCHANGE FOR SEX ACTSA Wisconsin man (67) was sentenced to a decade in prison for “sex trafficking multiple minors” based out of the Philippines.Since 2007, the man is said to have engaged in sexual activity with minors, luring youngsters (between approximately 11 and 17) into “commercial sex arrangements,” wherein they would engage in activity for money and gifts.The man’s phones and computers contained images and videos of… [read post]
11 Jul 2023, 2:00 am
We will never stop working to defend the rights to which every person in the United States is entitled. [read post]
10 Jul 2023, 9:01 pm by Laura Dooley
In Dupree, the plaintiff/respondent urged the Court to extend the Ortiz ruling to situations in which the determination at the summary judgment stage was not about whether a “genuine” dispute of fact existed but instead resolved a “purely legal” issue.The “purely legal” issue raised by the defendant state prison employees in Dupree was whether a prisoner had exhausted his administrative remedies as required by the Prison… [read post]
6 Jul 2023, 10:37 am by Kyle Persaud
Because the FDCPA is federal law, it applies throughout the United States. [read post]
6 Jul 2023, 2:00 am
Attorney Randy Grossman for the Southern District of California, noted, “During an unprecedented public health emergency, the United States provided these loan programs to deliver economic relief to Americans …. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 7:35 am by Dan Bressler
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of POM, allowing it to review Eckert’s privileged logs. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 2:00 am
Gardephe (Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York).Spy out! [read post]