Cases

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge: Challenging their convictions for drug-related offenses, defendants-appellants Alfonso Mora (Mora), Jesus Medina (Medina), Ricardo Reyes Lira (Lira), and Juan Torres Sosa (Sosa) raise issues of, inter alia, entrapment, discovery abuse, and sufficiency of the evidence. Mora and Medina contest the district court’s assessment of their s

POOLER, Circuit Judge: This appeal concerns the jury instructions given with respect to Count 21 of the indictment, which charged defendants-appellants Heriberto Martinez, aka Boxer, and Carlos Ortega, aka Silencio, with aiding and abetting a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), using or carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence or possessing a firearm in furtherance of that crime, in connection with the murder of Ma

LYNCH, Circuit Judge. A jury convicted Hector Cardona-Vi-cente (“Cardona”) of two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent *825 to distribute and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On appeal, Cardona argues that the district court erred

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge. Following a jury trial, Luis Angel Man-so-Cepeda (“Manso”) was convicted for aiding and abetting a convicted felon, Lis-ander Casillas-Sánchez (“Casillas”), in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 2. He directly appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for acquittal under Rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Pr

BARRON, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part. I fully join the majority’s persuasive analysis save for one part, regarding sentencing, where I see things somewhat differently. I. The defendant, Reyes, contends that he has been treated disparately in sentencing from his co-conspirators for no good reason. And the majorit

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

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER BESOSA, District Judge. A district court may refer a pending motion to a magistrate judge for a report and recommendation. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b); Loc. Rule 72(b). Any party adversely affected by the report and recommendation may file written objections within fourteen days of being served with the magistrate judge’s report. Loc. Rule 72(d). See

OPINION AND ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION DANIEL R. DOMÍNGUEZ, District Judge. Pending before the Court is petitioner Javier Torres Negron (“Torres Negron”) Motion To Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence By A Person In Federal Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See Docket No. 1. For the reasons set forth below, the petitioner’s motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is denied, as

STAHL, Circuit Judge. A jury convicted defendants-appellants Albert I. Diaz, Javier Rodríguez-Romero, Eddie M. Rodriguez, and Angel O. López-Capó of conspiracy to distribute narcotics and possession with intent to distribute narcotics as a result of their participation in a drug point that operated within a public housing project in Guayama, Puerto Rico. The defendants individually raise a variety of challenges to the distri

LYNCH, Chief Judge. This appeal from a restitution order adheres to the adage that no good deed goes unpunished. Luis Antonio Montalvo-Cruz was convicted of producing child pornography. See 18 U.S.C. § 2251. His victim, *584 Jane Doe, was a 15-year-old daughter of a woman who liv

SELYA, Circuit Judge. After accepting his guilty plea, the district court sentenced defendant-appellant Angel Ocasio-Cancel to serve 87 months in prison. In his ensuing appeal, the defendant asseverates that his guilty plea was neither voluntary nor knowing and, in any event, the district court’s sentencing methodology was flawed. After careful consid

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge. A massive drug interdiction on the high seas by the United States Coast Guard (“the Coast Guard”) ended with the arrest and indictment of multiple defendants, including Appellant Francisco Nueci-Peña (“Nueci”). Nueci was sentenced to twenty-four years in prison after being convicted of possession with the intent to distribute over 1140 pounds of cocaine a

OPINION AND ORDER DANIEL R. DOMÍNGUEZ, District Judge. On May 27, 2008, Petitioner Angel L. Cosme-Torres (“Cosme”) was indicted along with one hundred and ten other individuals. Cosme was charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances; possession with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine base, cocaine, marijuana; and a criminal forfeiture count (08-cr-204, Docket No. 3). Pending befor

OPINION AND ORDER DANIEL R. DOMÍNGUEZ, District Judge. I. Procedural History On March 14, 2005, following a thirty four day jury trial, Petitioner Leonardo Rivera-Torres (“Torres”), and three co-defendants, were convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five (5) kilograms or more of cocaine; fifty (50) grams or more of cocaine base (“crack”); one (1) kilogr

OPINION AND ORDER DANIEL R. DOMÍNGUEZ, District Judge. Petitioner Jose M. Caraballo-Torres was indicted for being a leader of a drug trafficking organization which included at least one hundred eleven (111) members. Petitioner acted as leader of at least five other individuals by accepting a four point enhancement (08-cr-204, Docket No. 4429, page 25). The organization distributed drugs in the

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

OPINION AND ORDER DANIEL R. DOMINGUEZ, District Judge. Pending before this Court is a motion filed by petitioner Raymond Torres-Santiago (“Petitioner”) to vacate, set aside or correct sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (Docket No. 1), which was referred to Magistrate Judge Justo Arenas for a Report and Recommendation (Docket No. 13). Upon review of Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recomme

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit Nos. 09-2094, 09-2211, 09-2285, 09-2376, 09-2461, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. VÍCTOR GERARDO CORTÉS-CABÁN, PASCUAL SANTIAGO-MÉNDEZ, LUIS ENRIQUE RUPERTO-TORRES, ANTHONY DOMÍNGUEZ-COLÓN, and VÍ

HOWARD, Circuit Judge. On September 22, 2009, a jury convicted defendant-appellant Juan Huete-Sandoval (“Huete”) of various crimes related to his alleged fraudulent acquisition and use of a United States passport. On appeal, Huete argues, inter alia, that the district court erred in denying his motion to dismiss for an alleged violation of the Speedy Trial Act (“STA”). We agree with

660 F.3d 516 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Migdalia COLLAZO-CASTRO, Defendant, Appellant. No. 10-1760. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard July 29, 2011. Decided September 29, 2011. Thomas J. Trebilcock-Horan, Research and Writing Specialist, with whom Héctor E. Guzmán-Silva, Federal Public Defender, and Héctor L. Ra