CERVANTES LAW

09/03/2020

The First Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction that prevents federal agents from conducting civil immigration arrests at courthouses across Massachusetts. In a 49-page opinion, authored by Judge Bruce M. Seyla, the court said the U.S. District Court abused its discretion in gran...

01/13/2020

The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would not take up the case of Michelle Carter, a woman serving a 15-month sentence for her part in her boyfriend's death by su***de.

01/13/2020

There has been a good deal written about Roberts’ role hoping that Roberts could wrench control from the politicians. For better or worse, Roberts is most likely to serve as a dignified figurehead in an affair entirely dominated by the Republican senatorial caucus. Here’s why.

Sometime in the next week or two, the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will convene in the Senate. When it does, Chief Justice John Roberts will preside. There has been a good deal written about Roberts’ role, some of it intimating – or at least hoping – that Roberts could wrench co...

11/12/2019

A warrant granted in Florida could set a precedent, opening up all consumer DNA sites to law enforcement agencies across the country.

Last week a Florida detective announced at a police convention that he had obtained a warrant to pe*****te GEDmatch and search its full database of nearly one million users. Legal experts said that this appeared to be the first time a judge had approved such a warrant, and that the development could have profound implications for genetic privacy.

Privacy experts say a warrant granted in Florida could set a precedent, opening up all consumer DNA sites to law enforcement agencies across the country.

11/05/2019

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/more-than-450-inmates-are-released-in-this-state-in-largest-one-day-commutation-in-us-history

More than 450 inmates were released in Oklahoma on Monday as a result of a law that retroactively applies lower sentences for drug possession and low-level property crimes that voters approved in 2016.

10/28/2019

A longtime deputy prosecutor in Spokane County, Washington, has been fired after a judge held him in contempt for an alleged argumentative tone and disrespectful attitude in an evidence dispute.

Kyle Treece, a senior attorney in the prosecuting attorney’s office, was fired Oct. 18, the Spokesman-Review reports.

A longtime deputy prosecutor in Spokane County, Washington, has been fired after a judge held him in contempt for an alleged argumentative tone and disrespectful attitude in an evidence dispute.

10/23/2019

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/ice-surveillance-video-transgender-asylum-seeker

Attorneys representing Roxsana Hernández's family said ICE was required to preserve the surveillance footage for pending litigation.

10/18/2019

“I think the one gift you can give to the community is helping science understand your behavior,” Reibman said.

Robinson, 44, was convicted of murdering three females while he was a teen. Robinson’s claim of brain damage has been an appellate issue in the cases, according to LehighValleyLive.com.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge-urges-former-teen-serial-killer-to-donate-his-brain-to-science

A Pennsylvania judge who resentenced a convicted serial killer on Tuesday urged the man to consider donating his brain to scientists studying criminal behavior.

09/13/2019

On Wednesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied Los Angeles Lakers basketball player LeBron James’ attempt to trademark the phrase “Taco Tuesday.”

09/10/2019

A Manhattan socialite and her high-powered entertainment lawyer hubby are suing Verizon for $20 million, claiming they were forced to spend hours in a Manhattan jail cell after being wrongfully accused of stealing a phone they’d bought and paid for.

A Manhattan socialite and her high-powered entertainment lawyer hubby are suing Verizon for $20 million, claiming they were forced to spend hours in a Manhattan jail cell after being wrongfully acc…

09/04/2019

The New Mexico Supreme Court has abolished the spousal communication privilege in a murder case based on testimony by the defendant’s ex-wife and estranged current spouse.