To avoid the perception of impartiality, U.S. District Court for the NMI designated Judge David O. Carter has granted the motion of a defendant in a sex trafficking case to vacate District Court Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona’s order that denied the defendant’s second motion to...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the U.S. District Court for the NMI’s order that denied a motion to reduce the sentence of Bert Douglas Montgomery, who was slapped with a sentence of 20 years in prison in 2003 for his role in the conspiracy to defraud...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed the conviction of a woman for harboring an illegal alien and the conviction of her husband for aiding and abetting the crime, saying the judge’s instruction to the jury was erroneous and may have affected the outcome of...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Tanapag Middle School Parent Teacher Student Association’s motion to file a rehearing petition in connection with its request to intervene to appeal in the lawsuit filed by U.S. Navy veteran David J. Radich and his...