Matthew Parham – Western New York Law Center, Inc.

Defendant opposes Citibank's motion for summary judgment in a credit card collection lawsuit on the grounds that (a) Citibank did not submit any evidence that a written contract existed, as only its outside counsel and not a…more

Chief Judge Skretny denies, effectively in its entirety, the County Defendants' motion to dismiss this prisoners' rights case alleging deliberate indifference to serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment against…more

Successful appeal from New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board…more

Memorandum opposing County's motion to dismiss Section 1983 claims for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs under the Eighth Amendment and state-law negligence claims. Motion ultimately denied as to all pertinent…more

Successful appeal to New York Commissioner of Education from private school denial of vaccination exemption on religious grounds…more

In this noteworthy immigration case, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted citizenship to a former Vietnam War veteran who had resided in the United States for more than 50 years. The veteran had…more

This decision grants a motion to vacate default judgment, to the extent of ordering a traverse hearing, where the debt buyer Velocity Investments did not serve process properly on the defendant and apparently filed a fraudulent…more

Trial brief submitted in support of naturalization of Vietnam war veteran who had been denied citizenship on the basis of a 20-year old manslaughter conviction. In a published decision, Lawson v. USCIS, 795 F. Supp. 2d 283…more

Amicus brief submitted to the New York Court of Appeals in support of New York State judges' constitutional challenge to legislative failure to provide cost-of-living increases in judicial pay. The Court of Appeals ultimately…more