U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona terminated yesterday the 15-year-old consent decree between the CNMI government and the U.S. Department of Justice that resolved prison conditions in the Commonwealth. Manglona said she is fully satisfied with her...

The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. has formally asked the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency to waive the fines and penalties that have accrued against the utilities corporation under stipulated orders. CUC management submitted the request...

The Department of Corrections has policies in place to account for all tools and other items that can be used as weapons, according to assistant attorney general Teresita J. Sablan and U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney Jeffrey R. Murray. Sablan, as counsel for the CNMI...

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have agreed to pay $554.80 to Jin Dong Wang to settle his lawsuit over the FBI’s alleged withholding of investigation records into his beating by a police officer. Wang, through counsel David G. Banes, and...