Case Result: Assault by Means Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury Dismissed
This morning, the Alameda County District Attorney dismissed an assault by means likely to produced great bodily injury (PC 245(a)(4)) case against my client, after we asserted her right to a speedy trial. **Case examples should not be taken as guarantees; each case is different and prior results are not a guarantee of future success.
Breaking: Court Refuses to Reinstate Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss
The New York Times just reported that the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the district courts’s ruling, refusing to resinstate President Trump’s immigration ban. An appeal to the Supreme Court is likely. The court is still shorthanded since the Republicans refused to hold a hearing on Merrick Garland’s nomination, so a 4-4 split would leave the ban […]
Today: Trump’s Travel Ban: Live Audio Stream of Oral Arguments in the Ninth Circuit at 3 p.m. PST
Today at 3 p.m PST, The Ninth Circuit will broadcast oral arguments over whether to reinstate President Trump’s travel ban that blocked refugees and immigrants from coming into the United States from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. You can listen to the broadcast here: https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/view_video.php?pk_vid=0000010884 If you have the time and interest, you […]
Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration – In Short: Build a Wall and Deport Everyone
On January 25, 2017, President Donald Trump signed 2 Executive Orders concerning immigration into effect. While there is a plethora of nuanced analysis to be done concerning the orders, the long and short of it is he has announced that it is the priority of the United States to: build a wall, build more detention facilities, […]
On the Cusp of Inauguration Day, Nearly 900 Organizations Urge President-Elect Trump to Continue DACA
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) shared a letter with me today, signed by nearly 900 organizations urging President Elect Donald Trump to not end the existing protection for so-called DREAMers under DACA. You can read a full copy of the letter here: [pdf-embedder url=”http://jessemadamslaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2017-01-18_daca_organizational_sign-on_letter_v2.pdf”] As a reminder, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) […]