Recent News About Judge A. Richard Caputo
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kassandra Mattox, age 25, of Tobyhanna, Monroe County, pleaded guilty on August 1, 2018, before United States District Court Senior Judge A. Richard Caputo to making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer in connection with the purchase of multiple firearms.
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HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled to dismiss a Scranton law firm’s contract litigation against JPMorgan Chase Bank without prejudice, pending the finalization of a settlement which counsel says is already agreed to in principle.
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court has thrown out a motion to dismiss in a potential class action lawsuit involving a Brooklyn physician and the Swiftwater-based vaccination division of the Sanofi pharmaceutical company.
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The legal saga of former Lackawanna guardian ad litem Danielle Ross concluded earlier this week when the woman officially pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to tax evasion and filing a false federal income tax return.
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The husband of a former Lackawanna County guardian ad litem who last month agreed to plead guilty to income tax fraud charges has himself admitted to his role in defrauding the federal government.
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A former guardian ad litem in northeastern Pennsylvania has agreed to plead guilty in a federal tax case against her and her husband.
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A physician specializing in the treatment of renal diseases, hypertension and advanced diabetes cannot bring suit against the commonwealth over the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act, a federal judge in Harrisburg has ruled.
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A lawsuit filed by a former northeastern Pennsylvania trial court judge has
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Lackawanna County’s suspended guardian ad litem, Danielle M. Ross Pietralczyk, pleaded not guilty late last week to federal tax evasion charges, court records and media reports show.
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A federal judge in Harrisburg has ruled that a lawsuit filed against the Pennsylvania State Police by a man who faulted the cops for not arresting him - an alleged action that led to him setting his own home on fire - must be dismissed for failure to state a claim.
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The developer at the heart of the so-called “Kids for Cash” judicial scandal that took place earlier last decade in Luzerne County, Pa. has filed court papers signifying that he has agreed to settle all civil claims arising from the case, in which juveniles were sent to privately-run detention centers for minor offenses by judges who were on-the-take.
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A former Lackawanna County, Pa. prison inmate who has since been convicted of possessing child pornography and sentenced to 15 years in federal prison will be awarded a near-million-dollar settlement from the county stemming from his beating by a fellow county inmate while both were incarcerated.
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A federal judge in Harrisburg last week granted summary judgment to the Pennsylvania State Police in a case in which an applicant seeking a job as a Liquor Enforcement Officer claimed he was discriminated against because of a tattoo.
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A federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a handful of defendants in a civil suit filed on behalf of relatives of victims of what is said to be one of the worst judicial scandals in Pennsylvania history.
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To urban dwellers in Pennsylvania’s metropolitan locales, the name Jim Thorpe conjures up images of tranquility and scenic destination.
