Cases

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ANDREW S. HANEN, District Judge. This is a case in which twenty-six states or their representatives are seeking in-junctive relief against the United States and several officials of the Department of Homeland Security to prevent them from implementing a program entitled “Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents.”1 This p

HOLMES, Circuit Judge. Defendant-Appellant Manuel Rosales-Miranda was convicted of illegal reentry after being deported, in violation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1326(a) and 1326(b)(2). The district court applied a sixteen-level enhancement to Mr. Rosales-Miranda’s offense level pursuant to § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.” or “the Guidelines”), which allow

BENTON, Circuit Judge. A jury convicted Jason Lee Holmes and Juan Antonio Castaneda Rendon of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and 846. They appeal, arguing that the district court1 erred in admitting expert testimony on narco-saints. Holmes also argues that a limiting instruction should have been given on the narc

CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge, dissenting: I agree with the majority that interpreters play an important role in our criminal justice system. But the majority’s opinion does not safeguard defendants, it punishes inarticulate district courts and rewards “gotcha” tactics. Murguia-Rodriguez was convicted of drug trafficking after a jury rejected his story that he “did not know” anything about the 130 pounds of marijuana

HANSEN, Circuit Judge. Ricardo Rusan appeals his convictions for bank robbery and bank larceny pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (b), contending that the district court 1 erred in denying his Batson 2 challenge to the Government’s use of peremptory strikes dur

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ________________ No. 05-4446 ________________ United States of America, * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States v. *

MURPHY, Circuit Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Appellant, Steven A. Moyer, was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and sentenced to ten years’ incarceration. Moyer’s guidelines sentencing range was calculated by applying U.S.S.G. § 4B1.4. Believing it was bound by the mandatory provisions of § 5G1.3(a) of the United States Sentencing Guideli

403 F.3d 727 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Sergio GONZALEZ-HUERTA; a/k/a Sergio Covarrublias; a/k/a Gonzalez-Covarrublias, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-2045. United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. April 8, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Demetra Lambros, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Divi

BAUER, Circuit Judge. On February 18, 1999, a grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Hector Sandoval with kidnapping, 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1), and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a violent crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1)(A). After a trial on August 28, 2002, a jury convicted Sandoval on both counts and his September 5th motion for a new trial was denied. On

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 03-1004 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff -Appellee, v. HECTOR SANDOVAL, Defendant-Appellant. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois

*37SUMMARY ORDER Plaintiff-appellants Eligió Cedeño and Cedel International Investment Ltd. (Collectively “Cedeño”) appeals from an order and partial final judgment entered on September 13, 2010, by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Rakoff, /.), dismissing his case as to the defendants-appellees for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b

*1065 OPINION WARDLAW, Circuit Judge: This is the latest decision in our decade-long examination of civil, i.e. non-punitive and merely preventative, detention in the immigration context. As we noted in our prior decision in this case, Rodriguez v. Robbins (Rodriguez

OPINION WARDLAW, Circuit Judge: Alejandro Rodriguez, Abdirizak Aden Farah, Jose Farias Cornejo, Yussuf Abdi-kadir, and Abel Perez Ruelas (“Appellees”) are the named plaintiffs representing a certified class of non-citizens who challenge their prolonged detention, pursuant to certain federal immigration statutes, without individualized bond hearings an

FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 13 2015 FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, for himself No. 13-56706 and on behalf of a class of similarly- situated individuals; ABDIRIZAK ADEN D.C. No. 2:07-cv-03239-TJH- FARAH, for h

Filed 7/9/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, E074907 v. (Super.Ct.No. RIF091928) THYRONE RYAN STEWART, OPINION Defendant and Appellant.

Hon. Cynthia Bashant, United States District Judge Before the Court is a motion for reconsideration of the Court's February 8, 2018 order (the "Order") dismissing the Complaint for lack of jurisdiction, filed by Plaintiff-Petitioners Jose Orlando Cancino-Castellar, Ana Maria Hernandez Aguas, and Michael Gonzalez, (collectively, "Plaintiffs"). (ECF No. 50.) Defendants1 oppose the motion (ECF No. 53) and

NUMBER 13-14-00494-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG REY ORTIZ, Appellant, v. LUIS MANUEL SINGLETERRY, Appellee. On appeal from the 92nd District Court of Hidalgo

NUMBER 13-22-00137-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG ADAM J. VILLANUEVA, Appellant, v. LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC, Appellee. On appeal from the 2nd 25th District Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (Dkt. No. I & 5) MICHAEL A. PONSOR, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a lawful permanent resident, has been held in immigration detention for fourteen months pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c). He has brought a Petition for Writ of Habeas

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-19-00053-CV __________________ STEPHEN HARTMAN, Appellant V. STEVEN BROUSSARD, Appellee _____________________________________________