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UNITED STATES v. MORALES

No. 3:21-CR-00022.

668 F.Supp.3d 774 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America v. [1]Humberto MORALES, [2]Jose Alvarado, [3]Oscar Avelar Angutano, [4]Kim Lamont Birdsong, [5]Terrance Marquette Bobo, [6]Avigael Cruz, [7]Billy Cruz, [8]Ricardo Davalos Martinez, [9]Austin Dodd, [10]Mario Garcia Flores, [11]David Ku, [12]Jacob Lee, [13]Justin Blake Lee, [14]Armando Lopez, [15]Tiffany Messick, [16]Kevin Oliva-Hernandez, [17]Stacy Owens, [18]Korrine Parker, [19]Magdiel Pina Ramirez, [20]Luis Ramirez Escudero, [21]Jairo Rostran, [22]Jesse Sanchez, [23]Phillip Christopher Smith, [24]Jasmine Taylor, [25]Kevin Tidwell, [26]Melinda Tidwell, [27]Erika Vasquez.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

Filed April 6, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juliet Aldridge , Philip H. Wehby , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Nashville, TN, for United States of America.

Paul J. Bruno , Barrett Johnston Martin & Garrison, LLC, Nashville, TN, Heather G. Parker , Evans Bulloch Parker PLLC, Murfreesboro, TN, for Defendant Humberto Morales.

Thomas J. Drake, Jr. , Law Office of Thomas J. Drake, Nashville, TN, Joshua L. Brand , Brand Law Office, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Jose Alvarado.

John M. Bailey, IV , Brentwood, TN, Meggan B. Sullivan , Nashville, TN, for Defendant Oscar Avelar Anguiano.

Kathleen G. Morris , Public Defender, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Kim Lamont Birdsong.

Jennifer L. Thompson , Manuel B. Russ , Nashville, TN, for Defendant Terrance Marquette Bobo.

Erik R. Herbert , Erik R. Herbert, Attorney at Law, Nashville, TN, Byron L. Pugh , Byron Pugh Legal, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Avigael Cruz.

Peter J. Strianse , Tune, Entrekin & White, P.C., Nashville, TN, for Defendant Billy Cruz.

Barry J. McWhirter , McWhirter Law Firm, PLLC, Memphis, TN, David L. Cooper , Law Office of David L. Cooper, P.C., Nashville, TN, Leonard E. Lucas, III , The Law Firm of Leonard Earl Lucas, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Ricardo Davalos Martinez.

Robert Lynn Parris , Robert L. Parris, Attorney at Law, Memphis, TN, for Defendant Austin Dodd.

Lawrence James Arnkoff , Law Office of Lawrence Arnkoff, Brentwood, TN, Jay C. Clifton, III , Clifton Law Office, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Mario Garcia Flores.

Charles S. Mitchell , Black, McLaren, Jones, Ryland & Griffee, P.C., Memphis, TN, James William Price, Jr. , Nashville, TN, for Defendant David Ku.

Stephen R. Leffler , Law Office of Steven R. Leffler, P.C., Memphis, TN, Michael J. Stengel , Memphis, TN, for Defendant Jacob Lee.

James A. Simmons , Hazel Path Mansion, Hendersonville, TN, C. Anne Tipton , Memphis, TN, for Defendant Justin Blake Lee.

Michael R. Mazzoli , Scott C. Cox , Scott Coleman Cox, II , Cox & Mazzoli PLLC, Louisville, KY, for Defendant Armando Lopez.

David M. Hopkins , David M. Hopkins, Attorney at Law, Murfreesboro, TN, for Defendant Tiffany Messick.

Luke A. Evans , Evans Bulloch Parker PLLC, Murfreesboro, TN, Courtney Alandra Teasley , The Courtney Teasley Law Firm, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Kevin Oliva-Hernandez.

Michael James Passino , Nashville, TN, William Harris Farmer , Farmer Purcell White & Lassiter, PLLC, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Stacy Owens.

Matthew M. Maddox , Public Defender, Maddox, Maddox & Maddox, Huntingdon, TN, Lee Gerald , Lee Howard Gerald , Law Office of Lee Gerald, Memphis, TN, for Defendant Korrine Parker.

Norman D. McKellar , The McKellar Law Firm, PLLC, Memphis, TN, for Defendant Luis Ramirez Escudero.

George Travis Hawkins , Hawkins Law Firm, PLLC, Chattagnooga, TN, Thomas F. Bloom , Nashville, TN, for Defendant Jairo Rostran.

Vakessha Hood-Schneider , Franklin, TN, Christopher B. Sullivan , Lewis Thomason , Memphis, TN, for Defendant Jesse Sanchez.

David R. Heroux , Haymaker & Heroux, P.C., Nashville, TN, for Defendant Phillip Christopher Smith.

Benjamin H. Perry , Nashville, TN, for Defendant Jasmine Taylor.

Juni S. Ganguli , Ganguli Law Firm, Memphis, TN, Matthew C. Gulotta , The Gulotta Firm, PLLC, Memphis, TN, Bob Lynch, Jr. , Nashville, TN, for Defendant Kevin Tidwell.

David I. Komisar , Law Office of David I. Komisar, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Melinda Tidwell.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND OMNIBUS ORDER

On March 24, 2021, a federal grand jury returned an 18-count Indictment against the above named Defendants. Count One alleges that beginning in January 2018, and until the date of the Indictment, all 27 Defendants were...

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