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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

*1211(Reported below: 79 Fed. Appx. 70); (79 Fed. Appx. 69); (79 Fed. Appx. 18); (79 Fed. Appx. 17); (79 Fed. Appx. 75); (78 Fed. Appx. 425); (79 Fed. Appx. 40); (79 Fed. Appx. 35); *1212(79 Fed. Appx. 37);

*1211(Reported below: 79 Fed. Appx. 70); (79 Fed. Appx. 69); (79 Fed. Appx. 18); (79 Fed. Appx. 17); (79 Fed. Appx. 75); (78 Fed. Appx. 425); (79 Fed. Appx. 40); (79 Fed. Appx. 35); *1212(79 Fed. Appx. 37);

Case: 21-40680 Document: 00516498357 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/05/2022 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED October 5, 2022 N

GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge: * Oscar Sosa was convicted of bringing methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States. Sosa argues that three errors he did not object to during his five-day trial rendered the proceeding unfair. Two of his claims-the prosecution's use of drug profiling evidence and bolstering of witnesses' credibil

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ____________ No. 24-1849 ____________ MOHAMMAD M. QATANANI, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ____________ ON PETITION FOR REVIEW OF AN ORDER OF THE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS (A

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge: This is a direct criminal appeal by two co-defendants, Francisco Vasquez and Juan Echeverría, challenging their convictions and sentences for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) and § 846. We affirm. I. Perez-Duarte, Echeverría, and Vasquez were arrested in Plano, Texas, on March 31, 2011, shortly afte

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER JAMES 0. BROWNING, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Defendant’s Sentencing Memorandum, filed February 11, 2016 (Doc. 25). The Court held sentencing hearings on May 14, 2015, September 29, 2015, and March 14, 2016. The primary issue is whether a sentence of time-served is sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with

Case: 12-41194 Document: 00512755577 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/03/2014 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 12-41194 FILED

(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2011 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit

(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2011 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit

ORDER Jorge Baca-Baca challenges his 57-month prison sentence for being in the United States without permission after removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). He contends that the district court mistakenly thought that it could not disagree, as a matter of discretion under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), with the 16-level upward adjustment under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(ii) and thus refused to impose a sentence below the guidelines range. We agr

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge: A jury in the Eastern District of Texas convicted Cristian Alejandro Rodriguez-Lopez and Luis Narcisco Barron (collectively, “defendants”) of conspiring to distribute marijuana. The district court sentenced each defendant to a term of imprisonment. Rodriguez-Lopez argues on appeal that venue was improper in the Eastern District and that the ev

OPINION VANASKIE, Circuit Judge. This appeal requires us to determine whether Wilson Emilio Peguero Mateo’s conspiracy plea for Robbery of a Motor Vehicle under Pennsylvania law qualifies as a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. § 16(b), as incorporated into 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”). In light of-the Supreme

602 F.3d 802 (2010) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan A. MORENO-PADILLA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 08-4302. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued September 18, 2009. Decided April 8, 2010. *804 Nathalina Hudson (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for P

REVISED AUGUST 13, 2012 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 11-40632 July

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge, dissenting, joined by EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge, and EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge, and joined as to parts LA, I.B, and I.D by EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge: I respectfully dissent. For the first time ever, this court reverses a below-guideline sentence for alleged unfairness. And for at least the 181st time, it reverses a case on plain error, despite the Supreme C

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 2 United States v. Rocha No. 03-5149 ELECTRONIC CITATION: 2003 FED App. 0251P (6th Cir.) File Name: 03a0251p.06 ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Firooz T. Namei,

MEMORANDUM ** Adan Murietta-Galvez appeals his conviction by guilty plea and sentence for illegal re-entry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), with a sentencing enhancement pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2). Murietta-Galvez’s attorney *759has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L

PER CURIAM: We find no error in the denial of the petition for naturalization by the District Court on the ground that appellant Rafael Elias Assi is precluded from citizenship by reason of his request for and relief from military service as a neutral alien under 8 U.S.C.A. § 1426(a): (a) Notwith