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ORDER Inmate James Murray filed a lawsuit naming as defendants the Federal Bureau of Prisons and two government officials; he requested leave to litigate the action without prepaying fees. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Murray did not reveal that he already had been told that he has “struck out” by pursuing frivolous litigation and thus is barred by § 1915(g) from proceeding in forma pauperis. See Murray v. District of Colum

Case: 11-13306 Date Filed: 04/11/2013 Page: 1 of 51 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 11-13306 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:10-cv-001

PER CURIAM: This appeal presents the issue of whether 42 U.S.C. § 659(a) authorizes levy against Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits provided under the Social Security Act to satisfy the benefits recipient’s child support obligations. Plaintiff-Appellant Derry Sykes, a recipient of SSI benefits, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southe

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge. Trevon Sykes pled guilty to being a felon in possession of numerous firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Finding that Sykes had committed three predicate offenses qualifying as violent felonies under the .Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), the district court 1 sen

Stadtmueller, District Judge. Joseph Faulkner and Otis Sykes were convicted of conspiring to sell heroin at a place called the Keystone, an open-air drug market on Chicago's west side. Faulkner was a leader of the gang which ran the market and Sykes was a low-level street dealer. In this consolidated appeal, Faulkner challenges numerous aspects of his conviction, while Sykes takes issue

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge. Trevon Sykes pled guilty to being a felon in possession of numerous firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Finding that Sykes had committed three predicate offenses qualifying as violent felonies under § 924(e), the district court 1 sentenced Sykes to 180 months in prison and a three-year

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge: Carlos PelaezAEdison Carmona (petitioner or appellant), a federal inmate appearing pro se and in forma pauperis, moves for appointment of counsel to assist him in his appeal from a May 2, 2000 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Amon, J.), dismissing his habeas corpus

Justice Scalia, dissenting. As the Court’s opinion acknowledges, this case is “another in a series,” ante, at 4, 180 L. Ed. 2d, at 67. More specifically, it is an attempt to clarify, for the fourth time since 2007, what distinguishes “violent felonies” under the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii), from other crimes. See James v. United Stat

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Justice Scalia, dissenting. As the Court’s opinion acknowledges, this case is “another in a series,” ante, at 4. More specifically, it is an attempt to clarify, for the fourth time since 2007, what distinguishes “violent felonies” under the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U. S. C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii), from other crimes. See James v. United States, 550 U. S. 192

[Cite as State v. Sykes, 2025-Ohio-5214.] IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO SEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT MAHONING COUNTY STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEONARD L. SYKES, Defendant-Appellant.

OPINION OF THE COURT BECKER, Circuit Judge. Phillip Moscato, a federal prison inmate, filed this petition for habeas corpus relief in federal district court challenging the constitutionality of an institutional disciplinary hearing that resulted in certain adverse findings and the loss of his good-time credits. Before reaching the district court, Moscato

412 F.Supp.2d 197 (2006) Simone SYKES, Individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of Angelo L. Purnell; and Winifred McClarin, as Administrator of the Estate of Hattie Purnell, Plaintiffs, v. John McPHILLIPS, Facility Health Services Director, Hale Creek Alcohol and Substance Abuse Correctional Treatment Center ("Hale Creek"); Dawn Goes, R.N., f/k/a John or Jane Doe (M.D.# 1); Peter Hickey, R.N., f/k/a John or Jane Roe (M.D.# 2); John M

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ Nos. 18-2847 & 18-3310 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CREDIT BUREAU CENTER, LLC, and MICHAEL BROWN, Defendants-Appellants. ____________________ Appeals from the United

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ Nos. 18-2847 & 18-3310 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CREDIT BUREAU CENTER, LLC, and MICHAEL BROWN, Defendants-Appellants. ____________________ Appeals from the United

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ Nos. 18-2847 & 18-3310 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CREDIT BUREAU CENTER, LLC, and MICHAEL BROWN, Defendants-Appellants. ____________________ Appeals from the United

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge (dissenting): This case is completely frivolous in so many ways that I am forced to dissent and to spell out the fundamental legal considerations which support that conclusion. It is misguided sympathy for appellant to send him further along the frivolous road. It also indicates why our court docket is jammed and decisions in meritorious cases of great magnitude are delayed. <

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA. MIKVA, Circuit Judge: Appellant Albert Earle Smith-Bey appeals from the district court order sua sponte dismissing his complaint for failure to execute service of process under Rule 4(j) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and failure to prosecute pursuant to Rule 211 of the Rule

*966BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part. I concur in the result reached by this court with respect to the appeal of Felton Sykes. I must dissent, however, in this court’s affir-mance of Andrew Jones’ sentence. I. An Unfair Criminal System The sentence

451 F.Supp. 421 (1975) Norman S. SYKES, III, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ralph KREIGER et al., Defendants. Civ. A. No. C71-1181. United States District Court, N. D. Ohio, E. D. May 15, 1975. *422 Edward R. Stege, Jr., Glenn E. Billington, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs. Malcolm C. Douglas, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant City.<