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PER CURIAM: * The attorney appointed to represent Jaime George Luna 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). Luna has filed a response. Our independent review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Luna’s response discloses no nonfrivo-lous issue for appeal. Accordingly, counsel’s motio

628 F.3d 712 (2010) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jaime IBARRA-LUNA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 09-40768. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 22, 2010. *713 Julia Bowen Stern, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., M

645 F.3d 937 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jermaine CURTIS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 10-2450. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued April 13, 2011. Decided July 13, 2011. *938 Mark T. Karner (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, for Pla

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge FLOYD wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER joined. Judge WILKINSON wrote a dissenting opinion. FLOYD, Circuit Judge: Each year, thousands of immigrants are deported for illegally entering the country. But before leaving, many face a prolonged pit stop in federal prison. The 16-level sentencing e

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge. An undercover United States Customs Task Force operation involving efforts on land, at sea, and in the air, ended with the arrests of the defendants, Saturnino Tatis-Núñez (“Tatis”), César Hernández-De la Rosa (“Hernández”), Carlos Espinal-Almeida (“Espinal”), and Jacobo Peguero-Carela (“Peguero”). Each was indicted on, and ultimately convicted of, one c

PER CURIAM: * Karl Michael Melendez-Marcia appeals the thirty-three month sentence that was imposed after he pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Specifically, Melendez-Marcia claims that the district court improperly applied an eight-level increase in his guidelines base offense level after the court determined that his 2007 sta

520 F.3d 811 (2008) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Julio RICE, Defendant-Appellant. No. 06-3190. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued September 20, 2007. Decided April 1, 2008. *812 *813 *814 Matthew Get

ORDER Juan Carlos Calderon-Asevedo pleaded guilty without a plea agreement to one count of illegally reentering the United States after being deported. He was sentenced to 46 months’ imprisonment based, in part, on the district court’s belief that his previous conviction for aggravated discharge of a firearm constituted a crime of violence. On appeal, Calderon-Asevedo contends that it does not meet the definition of a crime of violence.

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 06-3190 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JULIO RICE, Defendant-Appellant. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern Dis

MEMORANDUM* Appellant Gildardo Alberto Gualajara-Ponce appeals his conviction for one count of attempted entry into the United States after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse and remand. The district court abused its discretion by admitting into evidence over a hearsay objection a referral slip to secondary inspection a

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 05-50543 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No. CR-05-00292-DMS JOSE COVIAN-SANDOVAL, OPINION Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from

OPINION D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge. Jose Covian-Sandoval (“Covian”) appeals his conviction and sentence for attempted illegal entry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Covian contends that the district court’s plea colloquy was inadequate under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 (“Rule 11”), and that the district court’s enhancement of Covian’s sentence vio

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge: In unrelated cases, Alfredo Esparza-Gonzalez and Jaime Gustavo Castillo-Ta-pia pleaded guilty to being aliens found in the United States subsequent to deportation. The cases have been consolidated on appeal, and present a single issue of first impression in this circuit:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FIFTH CIRCUIT _________________ No. 01-50213 (Summary Calendar) _________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus ALFREDO ESPARZA-GONZALEZ, also known as Juan Valdez, Defendant - Appellant. _________________ No. 01-50262 (Sum

SELYA, Circuit Judge. These appeals arise out of the ashes of the long, hard-fought criminal trial of six defendants, Eliahu Abramson, Efraim Na-tanel, Shmuel David, Yehuda Yarden, Jaime Toro Aristizibal, and Amparo Toro Aristizibal. Abramson was acquitted. Na-tanel, whose appeal has already been decided, United States v. Natanel, 938 F.2d 302 (1st Cir.1991), was convicted on only one count. The remaining four defen

940 F.2d 722 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Shmuel DAVID, Defendant, Appellant.UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Jaime Toro ARISTIZIBAL, Defendant, Appellant.UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Amparo Toro ARISTIZIBAL, Defendant, Appellant.UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Yehuda YARDEN, Defendant, Appellant. Nos. 89-1807 to 89-1809, 89-2110.

WOOD, Circuit Judge. Miguel Quezada-Luna is a native and citizen of Mexico who became a lawful permanent resident of the United States in 1997. In March 2003 he was convicted of aggravated discharge of a firearm, 720 ILCS 5/24-1.2(a)(1). Based on that conviction, an immigration judge found Quezada-Luna removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2), reasoning that the crime was both a fi

651 F.Supp. 1068 (1987) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Gary FEOLA, et al., Defendants. No. 85 Cr. 1109-CLB. United States District Court, S.D. New York. January 12, 1987. *1069 *1070 *1071 *1072

SELYA, Circuit Judge. Defendant-appellant Efraim Natanel, sometimes described in the record as Efriam Natanel, having dodged several of the government’s legal bullets, was convicted on the last remaining count of a multi-count indictment. Natanel labors mightily in an effort to show that his conviction was unlawful. He does not succeed. I. BACKGROUND </

SUMMARY ORDER Jaime Sabogal Luna (“Sabogal”), through counsel, petitions for review of the BIA decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history. Although judicial review is ordinarily confined to the decision of the BIA, the Court reviews the IJ decision where, as