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MARIANNE B. BOWLER, United States Magistrate Judge Pending before this court is a motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) (" Rule 12(b)(6)") and Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) (" Rule 12(b)(1)") filed by defendants Department of Veteran Affairs of the United States of America ("the VA") and the United States of America ("the United States") (collectively "defendants"). (Docket Entry # 17). Plaintiffs Christine Shanafelt ("S

BENJAMIN, Chief Justice: Petitioner Joshawa Clark, defendant below, appeals his first degree robbery and conspiracy convictions, for which he was sentenced to serve 52-60 years in prison for twice robbing the Marquee Cinemas in Huntington. Clark alleges that 1) his phone records were obtained in violation of his legitimate expectation of privacy guaranteed by Article III, § 6 of the West Virginia Constitution and thus, the evi

Frankie David Smith was indicted by an Etowah County grand jury for the murder of John Paul Stumler. § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975. A jury found Smith guilty of manslaughter and the trial court imposed a 20-year sentence. This appeal followed. We affirm. The evidence presented at trial tended to establish the following. Stumler and Smith had been involved in business ventures together. Smith owed Stumler money, but he had been unable to pay the fu

KATZ, J., dissenting. The Connecticut Code of Evidence (code) is a judicial codification of general rules of prospective application. These rules are the functional equivalent of laws. The judges of the Superior Court, a title that the justices of this court and the judges of the Appellate Court also hold, adopted the code in the exercise of their heretofore unquestioned rule-making authority in matters of procedure. Nonetheless,

205 F.Supp.2d 580 (2002) VICTORIA W. v. Jerry J. LARPENTER, et al. No. Civ.A. 00-1960. United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana. May 21, 2002. *581 *582 Linda A. Rosenthal, Julie Rikelman, Hillary Schwab, Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, New York City, William E. Rittenberg, Ritte

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 13–0983 Filed April 3, 2015 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. ARCHALETTA LATRICE YOUNG, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Carol L. Coppola, Judge. The defendant in a criminal proceeding appeals from an enhanced sentence imposed on her present conviction for third-degree theft by the use of a prior uncounseled misdemeanor convicti

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 13–0983 Filed April 3, 2015 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. ARCHALETTA LATRICE YOUNG, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Carol L. Coppola, Judge. The defendant in a criminal proceeding appeals from an enhanced sentence imposed on her present conviction for third-degree theft by the use of a prior uncounseled misdemeanor convicti

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge, concurring: I concur without reservation in everything expressed in the majority opinion. I write separately only to express my concern with the existing state of circuit law with respect to the anti-deadlock charge, which I agree ■with the majority, compels us to reverse as to Count I. I have abiding reservations about the past use of the “supervisory” power of this and other circ

444 F.3d 1118 Edward JONES; Patricia Vinson; George Vinson; Thomas Cash; Stanley Barger; Robert Lee Purrie, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.CITY OF LOS ANGELES; William Bratton, Chief; Charles Beck, Captain, in their official capacity, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-55324. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 6, 2005.

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT EDWARD JONES; PATRICIA VINSON;  GEORGE VINSON; THOMAS CASH; STANLEY BARGER; ROBERT LEE PURRIE, No. 04-55324 Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.  D.C. No. CV-03-01142-ER CITY OF LOS ANGELES; WILLIAM OPINION BRATTON, Chief; CHARLES BECK, Capta

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 13–0983 Filed April 3, 2015 Amended July 17, 2015 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. ARCHALETTA LATRICE YOUNG, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Carol L. Coppola, Judge. The defendant in a criminal proceeding appeals from an enhanced sentence imposed on her present conviction for third-degree theft by the

ADAMS, Circuit Judge (concurring): The procedural and constitutional issues raised by the district court’s refusal to vacate its oral order restraining the publication in newspapers of certain background material concerning Schiavo do not readily lend themselves to precise formulation. Moreover, even though a satisfactory. formulation may appear to be achieved, reasoned explanations for alternative definitions of

386 F.Supp. 132 (1974) Joseph TAYLOR v. UNITED STATES of America. Civ. A. No. 73-2678. United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania. December 10, 1974. *133 Max Meshon, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff. William McGettigan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert E. J. Curran, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

504 F.2d 1 UNITED STATES of Americav.Frederick SCHIAVO. Appeal of PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC.,and Susan Q.Stranahan.PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., and Susan Q. Stranahan, Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES of America and Frederick Schiavo, Respondents,and The HonorableJ. William Ditter, Jr., NominalRespondents. Nos. 73-1855, 73-1856. United States Court of Appeals, Third