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WOOD, Circuit Judge. In 2006, Vincent Peters, whose stage name is Vince P, wrote, recorded, and distributed a song entitled Stronger. The song’s title comes from a key line in its “hook” (refrain or chorus). The line in turn draws from an aphorism coined by Friedrich Nietzsche: “what does not kill me, makes me stronger.” Vince P believes

Appendix A Department of Justice Chart Documenting Sentences in Capitol Breach Cases Monday, January 6, 2025 SENTENCES IMPOSED IN CASES ARISING OUT OF THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6, 2021 Disclaimer: Those relying on information contained in this document should verify all information for accuracy Table 1: Cases in which the government recommended a probation sentence without home detention 1 0F Defendant Ca

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MEMORANDUM & ORDER KORMAN, District Judge. On October 3, 2006, allegedly in self-defense, petitioner Ronald Rodriguez shot and killed Bilah McGraw during a struggle in a dark alleyway. Petitioner was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter, and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The jury acquitted him of the first two offenses—the only

FILED United States Court of Appeals PUBLISH Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS April 11, 2014 Elisabeth A. Shumaker FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court VICKIE SCHMIDT PARSON; PATRICIA SCALES;

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT TIO DINERO SESSOMS,  No. 08-17790 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  2:05-cv-01221- D. L. RUNNELS, JAM-GGH Respondent-Appellee.  OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Californ

WILSON, Circuit Judge, concurring: As stated by the Majority, “[t]he essence” of Jones’s argument in both of his motions is that our pending en banc decision in Wilson v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic Prison1 will “reverse the case law governing federal habeas review that we applied” to his Strickland claim and that, “under the ‘look through’ approach that Jones an

MARCUS, Circuit Judge: In 1979, Petitioner Brandon Astor Jones was convicted of malice murder in Georgia state court. Jones and his co-defendant, Van Roosevelt Solomon, killed Roger Tackett, the manager of a Tenneco convenience store, in the course of an armed robbery and burglary. Jones was sentenced to death, but the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia later granted Jones’s petition for a wr

Chief Judge KOZINSKI, with whom Judges RYMER and KLEINFELD join, dissenting: The California Supreme Court twice considered Pinholster’s claim that his death sentence be set aside because his lawyers performed ineffectively, and twice rejected that claim on the merits. Under *685AEDPA, those determinations come to us en

Case: 11-14774 Date Filed: 03/20/2014 Page: 1 of 51 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 11-14774 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:09-cv-01228-CAP BRANDON ASTOR JONES,

Case: 11-14774 Date Filed: 03/20/2014 Page: 1 of 51 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 11-14774 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:09-cv-01228-CAP BRANDON ASTOR JONES,

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JOHNATHAN ANDREW DOODY,  Petitioner-Appellant, No. 06-17161 v. DORA B. SCHRIRO; MEGAN SAVAGE;  D.C. No. CV-98-00528-EHC ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE OPINION STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondents-Appellees.

183 S.W.3d 409 (2005) The CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant, v. Steve WILLIAMS, et al., Appellees. No. 14-04-01108-CV. Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston. August 23, 2005. Rehearing Overruled January 19, 2006. *412 Timothy J. Higley, Houston, for appellant. E. Troy Blakeney, Richard Charles M

ED CARNES, Chief Judge: Robert Earl Butts, Jr., a Georgia prisoner, murdered Donovan Corey Parks. Butts was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of malice murder, armed robbery, hijacking a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a sawed-off shotgun. The district court denied his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ

609 F.3d 983 (2010) Charles Franklin MURDOCH, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roy CASTRO, Warden; Edmund G. Brown, Jr.,[*] Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. No. 05-55665. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 24, 2009. Filed June 21, 2010. *9

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge. This appeal primarily concerns the issue, surprisingly unsettled in this Circuit, as to what standards govern a district judge in adjudicating a motion for class certification under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Comprehended within this broad issue are subsidiary issues such as whether a definitive ruling must be made that each Rule 23 requirement has been met or whether only so

Affirmed and Opinion filed August 23, 2005 Affirmed and Opinion filed August 23, 2005 In The

578 F.3d 944 (2009) Joshua RICHTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R.Q. HICKMAN, Warden; Cal A. Terhune; Ernie Roe, Respondents-Appellees. No. 06-15614. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 17, 2008. Filed August 10, 2009. *946 Cliff Gardner, Oakland, CA; Edward W. Swanson, Swans

694 F.Supp.2d 1122 (2010) John A. BARCO, Petitioner, v. James E. TILTON, Warden, Respondent. Case No. CV 07-7163-AG (RNB). United States District Court, C.D. California. February 2, 2010. *1125 Conrad Petermann, Conrad Petermann Law Offices, Ojai, CA, for Petitioner. Robert M. Snider, CAAG-Office of Attorney General of Cal

Volume 1 of 2 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JOSHUA RICHTER,  Petitioner-Appellant, No. 06-15614 v.  D.C. No. CV-01-00643-JKS R. Q. HICKMAN, Warden; CAL A. TERHUNE; ERNIE ROE, OPINION Respondents-Appellees.