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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ALESIA, District Judge. Before the court is the petitioner’s motion under 28 U.S.C: § 2255 to reduce a sentence handed down by this court in United States v. Jesus Avila-Medina, 93 CR 79-1. In that case, petitioner pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to produce false identification cards in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. This court sentenced him to pri

PER CURIAM:* The attorney appointed to represent Israel Lara Avila has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Avila has filed a response. We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record

*20MEMORANDUM AND ORDER BESOSA, District Judge. On January 4, 2014, defendant Elsie Padilla-Caban filed a motion to dismiss the indictment for selective prosecution. (Docket No. 23.) Claiming that “it appears that regarding some particular beneficiaries here in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Attorney has decided to file criminal charges[] instead of following the

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

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*1180C. A. 6th Cir. Reported below: 100 Fed. Appx. 524; C. A. 11th Cir. Reported below: 116 Fed. Appx. 247; C. A. 5th Cir. Reported below: 104 Fed. Appx. 436; C. A. 8th Cir. Reported below: 367 F. 3d 805; *1181No. 04-7844. No

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 22-1192 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. JOHN MICHAEL RATHBUN, Defendant, Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. Mark G. Mastroianni, U.S. District Judge]

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ Nos. 21-3326, 21-3352, 21-3361, 22-1012, & 22-1075 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHAD GRIFFIN, MATTHEW SMITH, KELLY ISLEY, KERRI AGEE, and NICOLE SMITH, also known as NICOLE SMITH-KELSO, Defen

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ Nos. 21-3326, 21-3352, 21-3361, 22-1012, & 22-1075 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHAD GRIFFIN, MATTHEW SMITH, KELLY ISLEY, KERRI AGEE, and NICOLE SMITH, also known as NICOLE SMITH-KELSO, Defen

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ Nos. 21-3326, 21-3352, 21-3361, 22-1012, & 22-1075 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHAD GRIFFIN, MATTHEW SMITH, KELLY ISLEY, KERRI AGEE, and NICOLE SMITH, also known as NICOLE SMITH-KELSO, Defen

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ Nos. 21-3326, 21-3352, 21-3361, 22-1012, & 22-1075 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHAD GRIFFIN, MATTHEW SMITH, KELLY ISLEY, KERRI AGEE, and NICOLE SMITH, also known as NICOLE SMITH-KELSO, Defen

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ Nos. 21-3326, 21-3352, 21-3361, 22-1012, & 22-1075 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHAD GRIFFIN, MATTHEW SMITH, KELLY ISLEY, KERRI AGEE, and NICOLE SMITH, also known as NICOLE SMITH-KELSO, Defen

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21‐2753 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff‐Appellee, v. RICKIE FOY, Defendant‐Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the N

KAYATTA, Circuit Judge. These consolidated appeals arise from a multi-count indictment alleging that the four appellants — Sonia Flores-Rivera (“Sonia”), Sandra Flores-Rivera '(“Sandra”), Carlos Omar Bermúdez-Torres (“Omar”), Cruz Roberto Ramos-González (“Ramos”) — and their forty-three co-defendants 1 participated in a far

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge SHEDD joined. AGEE, Circuit Judge: Mario Vasquez Avila (“Avila”) appeals the thirty-seven month sentence he received after pleading guilty to illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). On appeal, Avila does not challenge his conviction, but argues the dist

694 F.Supp. 1406 (1988) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Ricardo MACIAS-PEDROZA, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Francisco Rafael HUGUES-ESPINOZA, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jose Ernesto MORENO-GREEN and Oscar Lara Navarrete, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Roger A. CONTRERAS, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Ric