A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld former insurance adjuster Jeffrey B. Cohen's 37-year prison sentence, affirming the trial court's rulings and finding many of the issues he raised in pro se filings were precluded by his 2015 plea agreement.

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The former insurance executive claims he should have been permitted to withdraw from his guilty plea and a federal magistrate judge should have appointed counsel during sentencing.

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At least three notable federal lawsuits that started in Maryland are tentatively set for argument in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals early next year.

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The federal government has requested that the bulk of former insurance adjuster Jeffrey B. Cohen’s appeal of his conviction and sentencing for insurance fraud and obstruction of justice be dismissed because he waived his appellate rights by entering a plea ...

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Former insurance executive Jeffrey B. Cohen continues to file motions and requests to the court himself despite having counsel appointed for an appeal related to his criminal conviction. Opening briefs were due to Tuesday to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court ...

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Former insurance executive Jeffrey B. Cohen filed has asked to be released from prison while his appeals are pending, but federal prosecutors responded Wednesday that Cohen's 37-year sentence for a "massive financial fraud" makes his continued detention appropriate.

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Former insurance executive Jeffrey B. Cohen was sentenced Thursday to 37 years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to insurance fraud and obstruction of justice, among other charges. U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles Jr. called Cohen “clever, ...

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A federal magistrate judge on Tuesday denied former insurance executive Jeffrey B. Cohen’s eleventh-hour request for appointed counsel, finding the former insurance executive has represented himself “admirably” throughout his case and there is little that an attorney could do at ...

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Former insurance executive Jeffrey B. Cohen represented himself through several days of trial, a plea hearing and a multi-day sentencing hearing. But with one final day scheduled to complete his sentencing, Cohen has asked the court to allow him to ...

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Two victims of former insurance executive Jeffrey B. Cohen asked a federal judge Thursday to impose the maximum sentence in Cohen’s insurance fraud case. James K. Black III, an attorney with Philadelphia-based Black and Gerngross PC, said he wanted to ...

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