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Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellee and Affirmance Cases & Briefs United States v. Derrick Lee Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant Cases & Briefs United States v. Acosta Defendant and Jimmy Gomez, apparently both US citizens, charged in an affidavit in support of a complaint with impeding and interfering with two ICE officers attempting to arrest a third party by blocking the ICE officers with their vehicle during an alleged automobile pursuit, and then again when the pursuit continued on foot. The indictment names only the defendant Cesar Acosta. Cases & Briefs State of West Virginia ex rel. Abraham M. Ashton v. Larry Thompson et al. Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner. Cases & Briefs United States of America v. Gabadadze Amicus Brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellee Teimuraz Tavberidze Cases & Briefs Pitchford v. Cain Brief of Constitutional Accountability Center and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner Cases & Briefs United States v. Rose Complaint alleges that Defendant used her car to block agents conducting enforcement activity, resisted order to stop, and resisted arrest. Cases & Briefs United States v. Hemani Amicus Brief on Behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Respondent Cases & Briefs United States v. Levy-Armstrong et al. The thirty-nine defendants were part of a larger group of people protesting ICE activities in Minneapolis who entered a church during a Sunday morning service and disrupted the service. Among the defendants are journalists who were filming the event and attempting to interview the church pastor and other participants. Cases & Briefs Ahmad Abouammo v. United States Brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National Association of Federal Defenders as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner Cases & Briefs United States v. Orozco-Ramirez The defendant was indicted for illegally reentering the country. He argued that the underlying removal order was fundamentally unfair and deprived him of due process. Subsequent to having to respond, the government moved to dismiss the indictment. Cases & Briefs United States v. Aljorna and Sosa-Celis Defendants, one of whom allegedly was trying to escape the grasp of an immigration enforcement agent, allegedly struck the agent with a broom handle and a shovel numerous times, after which the officer shot one of the defendants in the leg. After the sword assertions in the Complaint and the testimony offered at the preliminary hearing turned out to be untrue, the government moved to dismiss both cases with prejudice, which the Court granted. 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