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MEMORANDUM ** Gregorio Robles-Ponce appeals from a judgment of conviction for violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952 and § 960, entered after a conditional guilty plea reserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress marijuana discovered in a border search of his 1989 Ford van at the Calexico Port of Entry. At the hearing on Robles-Ponce’s suppression motion, no testimony was ta

SUMMARY ORDER Co-defendants-appellants Manuel Geral-do, Hargelis Vargas, and Jugo Cespedes (collectively, “defendants”) appeal from sentences and final judgments of conviction entered on October 30, 2015, November 25, 2015, and December 3, 2015, respectively, each by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Engelmayer, J.). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, procedural history,

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

MEMORANDUM OPINION BERYL A. HOWELL, Chief Judge The defendants, Agustín Flores Apoda-ca, also known as “El Nino,” “El Barbón,” and “El Ingenierio,” and Panfilo Flores Apodaca, also known as “Charmin,” were indicted separately on two substantively similar counts of conspiring to commit drug trafficking offenses, including distribution of large quantities ¡of

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge. Defendant Nelson Mauricio Ponce Vasquez (“defendant”) is charged with one count of distribution of at least fifty grams of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). (Docket No. 1.) Presently before the court is defendant’s motion to dismiss the Indictment for violation of his Sixth Amendment

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: *407 In this consolidated action, Jorge Robles-Avalos and Ismael Guevara-Lopez appeal their convictions on the sole ground that their traffic stop lacked reasonable suspicion. We find no error and affirm. I. Defendan

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 16-50490 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 5:14-cr-00036- VAP-1 NOE RAYGOZA-GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION PAUL W. GRIMM, District Judge. Defendant Ali Saboonchi is alleged to have violated U.S. export restrictions on trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran. On July 18, 2013, Saboonchi moved to suppress the fruits of warrantless forensic searches of his smartphones and flash drive performed under the authority of the border search doctrine after they were seized at the U.S. — Canadia

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge: Miguel Escamilla appeals his convictions for conspiring to possess and possessing with the intent to distribute marijuana and heroin. Pressing five issues, Escamilla argues that the district court erroneously failed to suppress incriminating evidence that government agents obtained from an allegedly unconstitutional stop and ultimate arrest.

*1125 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER JAMES 0. BROWNING, District Judge. THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Defendants’ Motion in Limine to Exclude Unqualified Expert Testimony II, filed July 16, 2012 (Doc. 73) (“Motion in Limine”). The Court held hearings on July 25 and July 30, 2012. The primary issues are: (i) whether United Stat

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge. Defendants-Appellants Ediberto Rivera-Donate (“Rivera”) and Juan González-Pérez (“González”) (collectively, the “Defendants”) were convicted by a jury on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. On appeal, the Defendants individually rais

569 F.3d 528 (2009) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Heriberto DUARTE, Defendant-Appellant. No. 08-50902. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. June 1, 2009. Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Mark Randolph Stelmach, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Antonio, TX, for U.S. Judy Fulmer Madewell, Henry Joseph Bemporad, Fed. Pub. Defenders, San Antonio, TX,

562 F.3d 411 (2009) UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Walter MANGUAL-SANTIAGO, Defendant, Appellant. No. 07-1912. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard October 27, 2008. Decided April 17, 2009. *417 Rafael Castro Lang, for appellant. Desireé Laborde-Sanfiorenzo, Assistant United States Attorney, w

540 F.3d 24 (2008) UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. David SANCHEZ-BADILLO and Raymond Mendez-Echevarria, Defendants, Appellants. Nos. 05-1800, 05-2045, 05-2047. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard May 7, 2007. Decided August 27, 2008. *27 Rafael F. Castro Lang, for appellant David Sanchez-B

432 F.Supp.2d 236 (2006) Silvio SOLIS-ALARCON, et al., Plaintiffs v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants. Civil No. 05-1987(SEC). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. May 17, 2006. *237 *238 *239 Luis A. Melendez-Albizu, Luis A. Melendez A

GOULD, Circuit Judge: Co-defendants James Daychild and Patrick Neiss had the bad judgment not only to plan a venture of unlawful drug distribution, but also to sell five pounds of illegal drugs to a government informant. The marijuana-for-money exchange resulted in a search of Neiss’s home, where Daychild also had resided for a week or two. There, law enforcement agents found wh

BOUDIN, Chief Judge. This set of appeals grows out of an indictment alleging that the appellants, along with 76 others, were part of a sprawling drug smuggling and distribution network in southwest Puerto Rico between 1994 and 1997. The two-count indictment charged Angela Ayala-Martinez (“Ayala”) and Manuel Perez-Colon (“Perez”) with conspiracy to possess and distribute multi-kilogram amounts of cocaine, heroin, and marijuan

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 99-1790 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. MARCOS MARTÍNEZ-MEDINA, Defendant, Appellant. ____________________ No. 99-1999 No. 01-1318 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Appellee, v. M

134 F.Supp.2d 211 (2001) Carmen VELÁZQUEZ SÁNCHEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. No. CIV. 97-2199(DRD). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. January 31, 2001. *212 *213 Lisa E. Bhatia-Gautier, U.S. Attorney's Office District of P.R., Civil Division, Hato

279 F.3d 105 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Marcos MARTÍNEZ-MEDINA, Defendant, Appellant.United States of America, Appellee,v.Manuel Pérez-Colón, Defendant, Appellant.United States of America, Appellee,v.Angela Ayala-Martínez, Defendant, Appellant. No. 99-1790. No. 99-1999. No. 99-2080. No