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AMENDED FINDING AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO SUPPRESS HILLMAN, District Judge. Introduction The Defendants are charged with running an illegal marijuana' cultivation and sales operation. The evidence against them includes the fruits of warranted searches of eight residences and 15 motor vehicles. Seven of the defendants have moved to suppress from.the introduction

MEMORANDUM * Dennis Morks Lam (“Lam”) appeals his conviction and sentence for selling methamphetamine. We weigh five factors in determining whether a defendant was predisposed to commit the charged crime in response to an entrapment defense: “(1) the character and reputation of the defendant; (2) whether the government made the initial suggestion of criminal activity; (3) whether the defendant engaged in t

MEMORANDUM * Dennis Morks Lam (“Lam”) appeals his conviction and sentence for selling methamphetamine. We weigh five factors in determining whether a defendant was predisposed to commit the charged crime in response to an entrapment defense: “(1) the character and reputation of the defendant; (2) whether the government made the initial suggestion of criminal activity; (3) whether the defendant engaged in t

FLOYD, Circuit Judge, concurring in part, dissenting in part, and dissenting from the judgment: On no fewer than eight occasions during its closing and rebuttal arguments, the *206government misstated the legal standard governing the key issue disputed by the parties at trial — whether the genuine and allegedly counterf

MEMORANDUM * Lam Thanh Pham (“Pham”) appeals the 78-month sentence and $1 million restitution order imposed on him after he pled guilty to one count of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344, and My Thi Tran (“Tran”) appeals her 42-month sentence imposed after she pled guilty to one count of the same offense. In a published opinion filed concurrently with this memorandum disposition, we vacate Pham’s s

MELLOY, Circuit Judge. Eric K. Lam was convicted by a jury of one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 371, and six counts of bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344, based on an alleged check-kiting scheme involving three federally insured banks. At the close of the government’s case-in-chief, and again in a post-trial motion, Lam moved for judgment of acquittal. The dist

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Criminal Action No. 24-417-1 (CKK) MALONE LAM, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION (March 28, 2025) Defendant Malone Lam is scheduled for trial on October 6, 2025. Min. Order (Mar. 7, 2025). At the last status he

271 F.Supp.2d 1182 (2003) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Mei Keng LAM, Defendant. No. CR01-0099 MHP. United States District Court, N.D. California. June 6, 2003. *1183 Brian Stretch, Esq., U.S. Attorney's Office, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff. William Weiner, Esq., Law Offices of William Weiner, San Francisco,

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD. WALD, Circuit Judge: Appellant Lam Kwong-Wah was convicted after a trial by jury of one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and to possess heroin with the intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846, and of one count of attempted distribution of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C

481 F.Supp.2d 689 (2007) UNITED STATES of America ex. rel. Dr. Man Tai LAM, Dr. William Meshel, Plaintiffs, v. TENET HEALTHCARE CORP., Defendant. No. EP-02-CA-525-KC. United States District Court, W.D. Texas, El Paso Division. March 28, 2007. *690 *691 Mitchell L. Weidenbach, Assistant United

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: This is a direct appeal from a federal conviction for arson resulting in death, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i). The appellant, Tanh Huu Lam, raises two types of claims: First, he argues that his constitutional and statutory rights to a speedy trial were violated. Second, Lam claims that the government violated his due process and double jeop

481 F.Supp.2d 673 (2006) UNITED STATES of America, ex. rel. Dr. Man Tai LAM, Dr. William Meshel, Plaintiffs, v. TENET HEALTHCARE CORP., Defendant. No. EP-02-CA-525-KC. United States District Court, W.D. Texas, El Paso Division. August 15, 2006. *674 *675 *676

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PHONG LAM, No. 19-16243 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 3:18-cv-00936-LB UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Cal

ORDER The panel unanimously votes to deny the petition for rehearing except that it directs that two corrections pointed out in the petition be made: At slip op. 6888, the first sentence in the second full paragraph is deleted and the following substituted in its stead: “Lam was retried on the same indictment. The G

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD. WALD, Circuit Judge: In the first appeal of Lam Kwong-Wah (“Lam”), we affirmed his conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846, but vacated his sentence because of error in calculating the proper offense level under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. Uni

FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge: Hoa Cam Lam pled guilty to the offense of being in possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun. 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). He was sentenced in a proceeding where the district judge said that he would depart if he could but lacked the discretion to do so. Lam appealed and we now vacate the sentence and remand. BACKGROUND <

PAEZ, Circuit Judge: Carmelo Bello-Bahena (“Bello-Bahena”) appeals his conviction and sentence for being a deported alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). 1 Bello-Bahena argues that 1) the district court erroneously denied his motion for judgment of acquittal because there was insufficien

ORDER TROTT, Circuit Judge: The Opinion filed April 20, 2004, and appearing at 364 F.3d 1142 (9th Cir.2004) is amended as follows. Replace Section D with the following: D. Sentencing The sentencing judge's application of the Sentencing Guidelines, including whether a prior conviction is a “crime

122 F.3d 654 120 Ed. Law Rep. 948 Tien LAM, D.D.S., Appellee/Cross-Appellant,United States of America, Intervenor,v.CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, AT KANSAS CITYDENTAL SCHOOL, Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Nos. 96-2426, 96-2712. United States Court of Appeals,Eighth Circuit. Submitted May 22, 1997.Decided Sept. 3, 199

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge: A jury convicted Alvaro Plancarte-Al-varez of importing marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960, and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The convictions were grounded in events that occurred on May 28, 2002. Plan-carte-Alvarez challenges the convictions, contending that the