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MEMORANDUM OPINION Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Judge, Petitioner Ahmed Adnan Ahjam, 1 a Syrian national, has been detained as an enemy belligerent at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002. In 2009, pursuant to an Executive Order, a federal task force i

*604BREWER, J. Defendant, who is intellectually disabled, makes an as-applied challenge to his 75-month mandatory minimum prison sentence for first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427, on the ground that it violates Article I, section 16, of the Oregon Constitution, and the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibit sentences that are disproportiona

Opinion of the Court by Cuéllar, J. *1070 California law punishes not only familiar offenses such as unlawfully breaking or entering into a building, but the possession of certain physical tools - a crowbar, for example, a pair of vise grip pliers, or some "other instrument or tool" - wit

602 June 22, 2017 No. 35 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON STATE OF OREGON, Respondent on Review, v. STEVEN LEVI RYAN, Petitioner on Review. (CC 13C43883; CA A156146; SC S063857) On review from the Court of Appeals.* Argued and submitted September 20, 2016. David O. Ferry, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the

(Reposted with correct lower court information) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA In re H.W., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. H.W., Defendant and Appellant. S237415 Third Appellate District

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs at Knoxville October 15, 2013 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RYAN ROBERT HAASE Appeal from the Circuit Court for Marshall County No. 2011-CR-90 Robert Crigler, Judge No. M2012-02244-CCA-R3-CD - Filed December 20, 2013 Ryan Robert Haase (“the Defendant”) was convicted by a jury of one count of crimina

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 07-2254 R YAN C LANCY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. O FFICE OF F OREIGN A SSETS C ONTROL OF THE U NITED S TATES D EPARTMENT OF THE T REASURY, T IMOTHY F. G EITHNER, Secretary, United States Department of Treasury, in his official capacity, A DAM J. S ZUBIN , Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, in his offi

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1105(b) and 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of parts I and III. [EDITORS' NOTE: TEXT NOT CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION APPEARS WITH GRAY BACKGROUND BELOW.] [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 1135

OPINION WARDLAW, Circuit Judge: An enduring American celebrity, Marilyn Monroe continues to inspire both admiration and litigation a half-century after her death. 1 At issue is whether appellants inherited a right of publicity, which was created and deemed posthumous by the states of California

(2008) The MILTON H. GREENE ARCHIVES, INC., Plaintiff, v. CMG WORLDWIDE, INC., an Indiana Corporation, and Marilyn Monroe, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Anna Strasberg, an individual, Defendants. And Consolidated Actions. No. CV 05-02200 MMM (MCx). United States District Court, C.D. California. July 31, 2008. AMENDED ORDER GRANTING DEFENDAN

FLETCHER, Chief Judge (dissenting): I dissent, consistent with the position taken in my minority opinion in United States v. Newcomb, Docket No. 31,188, 5 M.J. 4 (1978). In that case I indicated that the military jury selection process involves discretionary action by the convening authority insofar as selecting which service persons are “best qualified” to be members of courts-martial. I will not exten

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Graham, J.), entered November 29, 2012, which denied his motion to change the venue of the action from Kings County to Queens County. Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs. In July 2012, the plaintiff commenced this action in the Sup

Per Curiam : This cause was before this court at a .former term, and on the 9th day of May, 1888, a judgment was entered reversing the decree of the circuit court and judgment of the Appellate Court, and the cause was remanded to the circuit court with directions to enter a decree allowing appellant to redeem from the sale of March 8, 1884, upon the payment of a certain $1400 deed

Lacey, J. The appellee, a money loaner, loaned appellant money on three separate occasions. The first note was for §1,700 secured by trust deed on two of the three eighty-acre tracts owned hy appellant. The second was for §1,200 secured by trust deed on the entire three-eiglity-acre tracts. The third note was for §600 secured by trust deed on all the tracts. There was usury in the inception of

Mr. Justice Craig delivered the opinion of the Court: This was a bill in equity, brought by Dennis Ryan, against George W. Newcomb, and others, for an accounting, and for leave to redeem certain lands from a sale under a trust deed, and for general relief. It appears from the evidence, that in April, 1871, the complainant, Ryan, borrowed

RYAN, Circuit Judge. Petitioner, Navistar International Transportation Corporation (Navistar) (formerly International Harvester), seeks review of the decision of the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency finding petitioner liable for violations of the Clean Air Act. We affirm. I. Navistar appeals the decision of th

Per Curiam. We have examined the record in this case, abstracts and briefs, and carefully considered the questions involved under the assignments of error, and fail to find any error in this record. It is complained that under the remanding order of the Supreme Court the decree rendered by the Circuit Court is for too much money, and according to the terms of that order the court should have been confined

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS State of West Virginia, FILED Plaintiff Below, Respondent February 23, 2018 EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK SUPREME COURT

Conboy, J. The defendant, Christopher Gay, appeals his convictions, following a jury trial, for second degree murder and conspiracy to commit robbery. See RSA 630:1-b, 1(b) (2007); RSA 629:3 (2007); RSA 636:1 (2007). He argues that the Superior Court (Brown, J.) erred in denying his motion to supp

RYAN, Circuit Judge. Harold M. Newcomb appeals from the judgment of conviction entered against him following a jury trial on two firearms-related counts. He argues that the district court’s jury instructions warrant reversal because they failed to adequately instruct the jury on his theory that he was justified in possessing a firearm and ammunition. We agree, and for the reas