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KUSI interview of Johnny Silva
"On Tuesday the City Council approved a $500,000 settlement for 12-year-old Johnny Silva, the little boy who took a bullet in a road rage incident three years ago involving his mother and an off-duty police officer."
Boy shot by off-duty cop recounts incident
San Diego Union Tribune
"Like a lot of boys his age — and many adults — Johnny Silva likes his video games. Even those with a lot of gunplay in them. But this 12-year-old middle schooler is acutely aware of the real-life damage guns can do. He was shot in his left leg by an off-duty San Diego police officer during a 2008 road-rage incident in Oceanside. Johnny and his father, Luis Silva, filed a federal lawsuit against White and the city of San Diego. The City Council approved Tuesday a $500,000 settlement, nearly $330,000 of which will be invested on the boy’s behalf and paid in installments throughout his life. The Silvas attorney, Eugene Iredale, said he hoped the city would take appropriate action regarding its off-duty officers to ensure that a similar incident doesn’t happen again."
Civil lawsuit filed in the death of Anastacio Hernandez Rojas, who died following a scuffle with U.S. agents
In a press conference held in downtown San Diego on June 10, 2010, Eugene Iredale, the legal representative for the family of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas and a witness to Anastasio’s beating discuss the latest findings of Anastasio’s case.
Lawsuit filed in case of death at San Ysidro border
San Diego Union Tribune
The family of a Mexican citizen who died last May after being shot with a Taser gun by a federal officer at the San Ysidro border crossing filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday, seeking unspecified damages from the U.S. government.
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Jury awards $2.6 million to S.D. businessman
San Diego Union Tribune
A Navy veteran whose business partner embezzled $1.3 million from their company has won a $2.6 million jury verdict in civil court.
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Federal Court Limits the Use of Tasers
New York Times
In a case that could set the first broad judicial standards for the use of Tasers, a federal appeals court in California has ruled that the police can be held liable for using one of the devices against an unarmed person during a traffic stop. Eugene G. Iredale, a lawyer for Mr. Bryan, hailed what he called a “landmark decision.”
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The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty
Dallas Observer
Anastasio Hernandez Rojas screamed in agony as U.S. border agents rained blows on him and delivered 50,000 volts of electricity to his body over and over. "No! No! Ayuda!" the 42-year-old Mexican wailed, pleading for help in Spanish. "Ayudenme [help me]!"
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United States v. Bergman - After a two month trial Bergman acquitted on all 22 counts
In United States v. Bergman, Eugene Iredale represented Francine Bergman in a case alledging a pyramid or Ponzi scheme by the former Emmy Award winning producer. A prosecution team with support from special agents of the FBI, IRS, U.S. Postal Service tried the case for the government. The confessed ringleader of the fraudulent investment scheme agreed to testify against Ms. Bergman in exchange for leniency at his sentencing. After a two month trial before the Hon. Napoleon Jones, Ms. Bergman was acquitted on all 22 counts.
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If the Shoe Fits - Did prison officials look the other way while a guard's fetish turned violent?
Denver Westword News
Suppose you're the warden of a women's prison. Among your valued employees is a correctional officer named Dave, whose job puts him in charge of dozens of female inmates for long, lonely nights. Dave is a popular guy among his colleagues. But there's also something odd about him. One day you learn that local police suspect him of being a world-class perv.
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Peregrine Criminal Trial - Comments by Bob Grimes
Grimes and Warwick Legal Blog
Once again, Attorney Iredale asked Doug Powanda many questions about his written plea agreement in his cross-examination. Mr. Powanda testified that under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, his prison sentence should be set between 324-405 months (approximately 30 years). Gene Iredale asked the witness questions that implied that Mr. Powanda is motivated to implicate the defendants in order to receive a more lenient sentencing recommendation from the Government at the time of sentencing.
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Iredale played a number of film clips (perhaps 20) depicting a slimmer, confident CEO Gardner at various meetings of Peregrine employees and salespeople. Gardner admitted that many of the statements that he made in these film clips regarding the revenue and growth of Peregrine were lies. From his testimony, it appeared that Peregrine was growing, but that Gardner felt compelled to exaggerate revenue and earnings to continue to meet or beat the quarterly earnings estimates of the analysts.
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The word had circulated that Gene Iredale was going to make his summation in the Peregrine case today. The audience section of the courtroom was full or almost full most of the day. Iredale sincerely thanked the jury for their attention over the past three months of trial, and he told them how important it is for individuals to sit in judgment when another individual is accused by the government. He emphasized that each of these four defendants is entitled to be judged separately from the other defendants.Iredale said that Joe Reichner always acted in good faith while he was at Peregrine, and never had the intent to defraud. Reichner was an outsider who came to Peregrine after Gardner, Gless, Powanda and Cahill had already started the conspiracy.
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