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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.

OPINION OF THE COURT GREENBERG, Circuit Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Wilner Saintville appeals from the sentence entered on February 1, 2000, on his guilty plea to an indictment for illegal entry into the United States following his deportation for conviction of an aggravated felony in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2). The appeal req

OPINION WALLS, Senior District Judge: This case, commenced as a § 2255 action, has been peppered by Petitioner’s filings that evinced his, and has caused Respondent’s, confusion. Petitioner’s § 2255 claims will be denied, and no certificate of appealability will issue. But, as explained later, there are also three other lines of habeas claims litigated here. No habeas petitioner can challenge d

PER CURIAM: Joshua Thomas Hill (“Hill”) appeals his 192-month sentence, imposed after he pled guilty to conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1594(c). On appeal, Hill claims the district court erred by applying: (1) a two-level enhancement for using a computer to solicit a person to engage in

OPINION FUENTES, Circuit Judge: •Timothy Vales appeals from his 27-month post-Booker resentencing following a guilty plea for bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344(1). He argues that the District Court erred by not utilizing United States Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”) § 5G1.3 to reduce his sentence by the same amount of time already served in state custody for violating the terms of

Opinions of the United 2006 Decisions States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 4-4-2006 USA v. Cooper Precedential or Non-Precedential:

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OPINION OF THE COURT SCIRICA, Chief Judge. Defendant Lydia Cooper contends her criminal sentence was unreasonable under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). Cooper also challenges the District Court’s failure to depart downward under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3. At issue is the imposition of criminal sentences post-Booker. We will affirm.

TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge. Defendant Quentin Hurlich pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court granted a four-level enhancement in the offense level and departed upward substantially from the sentencing guidelines, sentencing him to 10 years’ imprisonment to run consecutively to his state sentence. W

OPINION * PER CURIAM. Sandeep Mohan Mehta, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals from the order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (“the District Court”) denying his habeas petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. For the reasons that follow, we will vacate the Magistrate Judge’s June 12, 2014 order and remand with instruct

OPINION PER CURIAM. Appellant Emmett Nelson appeals from the order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania entered on February 4, 2009, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the following reasons, we will affirm the District Court’s judgment. I. Background In June 2003, Emmett Nelson was arrested on New Y

OPINION PER CURIAM. Appellant Emmett Nelson appeals from the order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania entered on February 4, 2009, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the following reasons, we will affirm the District Court’s judgment. I. Background In June 2003, Emmett Nelson was arrested on New Y

OPINION PER CURIAM. Appellant, Muhammad Shahid, appeals the order of the District Court dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. We will summarily affirm the judgment of the District Court. The parties are familiar with the facts, so we will only briefly revisit them here. Shahid was arrested by the Trenton Police on August 5, 2002, on state

Illinois Official Reports Appellate Court Carolina Casualty Insurance Co. v. Estate of Sperl, 2015 IL App (3d) 130294 Appellate Court CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, DEAN Caption HENRY, TOAD-L DRAGON FLY EXPRESS, INC., LUANN BLACK, and MICHAEL SMITH, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE

ORDER TALWANI, D.J After review of the Magistrate Judge’s February 10, 2017, Report and Recommendation [# 41] [attached hereto], to which there has been no objection, the court hereby ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the recommendation for the reasons set forth therein. The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus [# 1] is accordingly DENIED. IT IS SO ORDERED. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

OPINION OF THE COURT BECKER, Chief Judge. This habeas appeal requires us to determine whether the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) of the United States Department of Justice has accurately computed the amount of time petitioner Anthony Ruggi-ano, Jr. must serve on his federal sentence. In early 1998, Ruggiano was sentenced to 112 months in federal prison by the

713 F.Supp.2d 194 (2010) Shon DUTTON, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al., Respondents. No. 08-CV-0874(VEB). United States District Court, W.D. New York. May 20, 2010. *196 Shon C. Dutton, Bradford, PA, pro se. Joel L. Violanti, U.S. Attorney's Office, Buffalo, NY, for Respondents. DECISION AND ORD