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PER CURIAM: Mary Erickson, appointed counsel for Lorenzo Sotelo-Camacho in this direct criminal appeal, has filed a motion to withdraw from further representation of the appellant supported by a brief prepared pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Our independent review of the entire record reveals that counsel’s assessment of the relative merit of the appeal is correc

Wiggins, J. ¶1 The personal restraint petition is an extraordinary remedy to be applied only in limited circumstances. In particular, a personal restraint petition can be filed only within one year after the challenged judgment becomes final, provided that the judgment is valid on its face. Jose Toledo-Sotelo filed an untimely personal restraint petition but argues that his judgment and sentence recited an incorrect offender sco

MINER,. Circuit Judge: Petitioner-appellant Luis Alberto Sotelo-Aquije appeals from an order entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Martin, J.) denying appellant attorney’s fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (“the EAJA”). In the action giving rise to the application for fees, the Board of Immigration Appeals (“the Board”) had denied Sotelo’s app

TERRY ADAMS DEBORAH M. YOUNG CHIEF JUSTICE CLERK OF THE COURT VERONICA RIVAS-MOLLOY ANNE MARIE GREENWOOD AMPARO (AMY) GUERRA CHIEF STAFF ATTORNEY DAVID M. GUNN JENNIFER CAUGHEY KRISTIN M. GUINEY Court o

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge: Luis Alberto Sotelo-Aquije seeks review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We find the BIA’s conclusion that petitioner does not have a well-founded fear of persecution on account of his political opinion is not supported by the record or by the BIA’s own findings. We reverse the denial of asylum and remand f

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS MARY B. BARDOUCHE, § No. 08-23-00248-CV Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 383rd Judicial District Court JON D. BARDOUCHE, § of El Paso Cou

232 F.Supp.2d 1269 (2002) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Adalberto NAVA-SOTELO, aka Robert Montoya, Defendant. No. CR.01-1244 MV. United States District Court, D. New Mexico. November 2, 2002. *1270 *1271 Mark D'Antonio, U.S. Attorney's Office, Las Cruces, NM, for Plaintiffs. <

NUMBER 13-10-00650-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG MARY GRIGSBY, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. On appeal from the 130th District Court of Matagorda

17 F.3d 33 Luis Alberto SOTELO-AQUIJE, Petitioner-Appellant,v.William S. SLATTERY, District Director of the New YorkDistrict of the Immigration & Naturalization Service andRoseanne Sonchik, Acting Assistant District Director forDetention and Deportation of the New York District of theImmigration & Naturalization Service, Respondents-Appellees. No. 885, Docket 93-2583.

62 F.3d 54 Luis Alberto SOTELO-AQUIJE, Petitioner-Appellant,v.William S. SLATTERY, District Director of the New YorkDistrict of the Immigration & NaturalizationService, Defendant-Appellee,Roseanne C. Sonchik, Acting Assistant District Director forDetention and Deportation of the New York Districtof the Immigration & NaturalizationService, Respondent-Appellee. No. 1174, Docket 94-2499

FILED NOV 18 2015 1 ORDERED PUBLISHED SUSAN M. SPRAUL, CLERK 2 U.S. BKCY. APP. PANEL OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT 3 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY APPELLATE PANEL 4

OPINION AND ORDER WILLIAM T. HART, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Susan Spitz claims defendants Proven Winners North America, LLC (“PW”) and EuroAmerican Propagators, LLC (“Euro”) contracted with her to use her “Marketing Concept” related to pet-safe plants and thereafter used the Concept, but failed to pay her any fee. In the Second Amended Complain

¶1 Winnie Lyons brought suit against Northwest Trustee Services Inc. (NWTS) based on its conduct as the trustee during foreclosure. Lyons alleged violations of the deeds of trust act (DTA), chapter 61.24 RCW; violations of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), chapter 19.86 RCW; and the intentional infliction of emotional distress. First, this case asks whether a plaintiff can even bring a cause of action for damages under the DTA or the CPA in the absence o

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: We must decide in this case whether the so-called “ministerial exception” to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars plaintiff John Bollard’s claim of sexual harassment against the Jesuit order. Simply stated, the ministerial exception insulates a religious organization’s employment decisions regarding its ministers from judicial scrutiny under Title VII. The Free Exercise and Establishment Clau

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER FINDING BAR STUDY LOAN TO BE AN EDUCATION LOAN, DENYING DEFAULT JUDGMENT, AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT CHRISTOPHER B. LATHAM, JUDGE, United States Bankruptcy Court Before the court is Debtor-Plaintiff Pamela Marie Brown’s (“Brown”) motion for default judgment against Creditor-Defendant Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”). Brown, a law school graduate, seeks a determination tha

FILE THIS OPINION WAS FILED FOR RECORD AT 8 A.M. ON MARCH 27, 2025 IN CLERK’S OFFICE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WASHINGTON SARAH R. PENDLETON MARCH 27, 2025

OPINION DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge: Martinez and Sidle, who was charged and tried under the name Stephens, were convicted under two counts of an indictment charging them and one Marie Dab-ney, jointly, with importing 117 grams of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) and 960(a)(1), and with possession of

MEMORANDUM ** Tibureio Garcia-Chepe, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen his deportation proceedings. Reviewing for abuse of discretion, Singh v. INS, 213 F.3d 1050, 1052 (9th Cir.2000), we deny the petition for review. Whether Garcia-Chepe’s motion was untimely depends on whether h

MEMORANDUM * Manuel Calderon Ancheta, Sr., a Philippine national, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order summarily affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order of removal and denial of cancellation of removal. The IJ found Ancheta removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(ii), INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(ii), because he had been convicted of two crimes involving moral

SUMMARY ORDER Defendant-appellant Dwayne Williams appeals from the judgment of the district court, convicting him, following a jury trial, of illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported in violation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1326(a) and (b)(2), and sentencing him principally to 92 months of imprisonment. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the facts and procedural history of the case. Wil