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PER CURIAM: * The attorney appointed to represent Riley Rene Vallejo 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), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (6th Cir. 2011). Vallejo has filed a response. The record is not sufficiently *

MEMORANDUM** Erasto Vallejo appeals from the 37-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We vacate and remand. Vallejo contends that the district court procedurally erred by failing to consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing facto

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER KAZEN, District Judge. Pending before the Court are Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss, each styled as a “Motion for Dismissal and Sanctions for the Government’s Intentional Destruction of Evidence.” (Docket n. 32, 43). Although Defendants Alvarez and Sandoval filed separate motions with the Court, they both urge the same arguments and rely largely upon the same authorities. Th

JAMES O. BROWNING, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant Kevin Folse's Formal Objections to Presentence Report, filed May 15, 2017 (Doc. 223)("Objections"). The primary issues are: (i) whether Defendant Kevin Folse qualifies for a "career offender" sentencing enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1 based on his prior felony convictions for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and

USCA11 Case: 21-13123 Document: 94-1 Date Filed: 04/20/2026 Page: 1 of 29 FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-13123 ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge. A Kansas state trooper uncovered approximately sixty kilograms of cocaine hidden in a compartment underneath the bed of a truck in which Defendants Gregory Stephenson and Alton Stanley were traveling. A grand jury indicted Defendants on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); and conspiracy to posse

450 F.3d 655 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Larry OLSON, also known as Oreo; Andrew Acosta, also known as BK; Antonio Mendez, also known as Spa; Pedro Martinez, also known as Pistol Pete; and Wilfredo Vasquez, also known as Pito, also known as Pete, Defendants-Appellants. No. 01-1772. No. 01-1800. No. 01-1891. No. 01-1949.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Defendants-appellants Willie Small, Alvin Green, Theolian Lloyd, Sammy Lee Woods, George Murray, and Tommy Jones were convicted in United States District Court for the District of Colorado of various drug offenses arising out of a large-scale crack cocaine distribution conspiracy operating in the Denver area. Def

423 F.3d 1164 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Willie James SMALL, Alvin Green, a/k/a Mel Dog, Theolian Lloyd, Sammy Lee Woods, George Melvin Murray, Tommy Jones, Dwayne Van Dyke, Dawan Eugene Smith, Defendants-Appellants. No. 04-1188. No. 04-1157. No. 04-1148. No. 04-1168. No. 04-1161.

394 F.Supp.2d 1334 (2005) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Samuel JETER and Brian Pinkney, Defendants. No. 204CR00624PGC. United States District Court, D. Utah, Central Division. April 20, 2005. *1335 *1336 L. Clark Donaldson, Utah Federal Defender Office, Lee C. Rasmussen, Rasmussen Mi

MEMORANDUM ** Jose Guadalupe Vallejo-Bonaparte appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to attempted entry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Vallejo-Bonaparte contends that in light of case law subsequent to Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), including Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13, 125 S.Ct. 125

ROVNER, Circuit Judge. Five defendants appeal their various convictions for racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, murder and drug trafficking. Four of the defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment and one received a prison term of 262 months. All of the charged conduct arises out of the defendants’ participation in the Milwauke

*789MEMORANDUM** Defendants-Appellants Elias Miguel Barrera-Medina, Miguel HernandezMunguia, Martin Perez-Estrada, Lino Hernandez, Timoteo Valle, Jr., and Gabriel Ortiz-Villalobos appeal their convictions and sentences for various drug and firearm offenses relating primarily to a conspiracy to purchase approximately one million pseudoephedrine pills to m

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 03-30285 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. CR-96-00311- ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ-PRECIADO, aka  ALH-(2) Tony Rodriguez-Preciado, ORDER AND Defendant-Appellant. AMENDED  OPINION Appeal from the United State

HARTZ, Circuit Judge. Defendant, Jose Alonso Jurado-Vallejo, was indicted on two counts: (1) possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of a mixture or substance containing cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); and (2) conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of a substance containing cocaine, in viol

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 03-30285 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-96-00311- ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ-PRECIADO, aka ALH-(2) Tony Rodriguez-Preciado, OPINION Defendant-Appellant.

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* HARTZ, Circuit Judge. Defendant, Jose Alonso Jurado-Vallejo, was indicted on two counts: (1) possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of a mixture or substance containing cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); and (2) conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of a substance containing

314 F.Supp.2d 1111 (2004) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jose Alonzo JURADO-VALLEJO, Defendant. No. 02-40115-01-JAR. United States District Court, D. Kansas. April 16, 2004. *1112 Thomas G. Luedke, Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff. Melody J. Evans, Topeka, KS, for Defendant. ORDER ON REMAND MAKING ADDI

McCONNELL, Circuit Judge. This is the latest in a series of cases confronting this Court concerning traffic stops based on problems with temporary registration tags. We hold that displaying a temporary tag behind a heavily tinted rear window violates a Kansas statute requiring that licence plates appear “in a place and position to be clearly visible.” See K

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge. Jian Yun Zheng, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China (“China”), petitions this Court for review of an October 11, 2002, order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her motion to reopen her deportation proceedings. In her petition, Zheng argues, as she did in her motion to the BIA, that she was prejudiced in her prior a