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MORITZ, Circuit Judge. Luis Carlos Castro-Gomez appeals the district court’s finding that his prior Illinois conviction for attempted murder is a crime of violence triggering a 16-level enhancement under § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(ii) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”). Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a), we affirm.

PER CURIAM: * Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Edgar Alberto Castro-Gomez raises arguments that are foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), which held that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) is a penalty provision and not a separate criminal offense. United States v. Pineda-Arrellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625 (5th Cir.2007

ROBERT PITMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), immigration judges are responsible for conducting proceedings that decide the inadmissibility or deportability of a noncitizen. 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(a)(1). Although the INA does not specify when jurisdiction vests in an immigration judge, federal regulations provide that jurisdiction vests when a "charging document" is filed with the immigrati

HOWARD, Circuit Judge. On January 19, 1997, César Castro Gómez was apprehended several miles off the coast of Puerto Rico while piloting a boat containing two other passengers and some 762 kilograms of cocaine. A jury subsequently convicted him of possession, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and attempted importation of the cocaine — offenses for which he was sen

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 99-1491 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. CÉSAR R. CASTRO-GÓMEZ, Defendant, Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO [Hon. Juan M. Pérez-Giménez, U.S. District Judge]

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied.

605 F.3d 1245 (2010) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vielka Mercedes GOMEZ-CASTRO, Defendant-Appellant. No. 09-12557. United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. May 13, 2010. *1246 Janice Bergmann, Fed. Pub. Def., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Helaine Batoff and Kathleen M. Williams, Fed. Pub. Defenders, Miami, FL,

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

537 U.S. 989 CASTRO-GOMEZv.UNITED STATES. No. 02-6512. Supreme Court of United States. October 21, 2002. 1 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. 2

[PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUITU.S. COURT OF APPEALS ________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT MAY 13, 2010 No.

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge. Appellant César R. Castro-Gómez appeals the denial by the district court of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Castro-Gómez allegedly was unaware that the only possible sentence for a person with his criminal history under the “three strikes” statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c)(1)(A), was life imprisonment. Because the district court did not inform appellan

PER CURIAM: On November 9, 1995, an officer of the Polk County Sheriffs Department stopped a Chevrolet Suburban traveling north on Highway 59, in Texas, for speeding and seat belt violations. He subsequently arrested two of the three occupants for seat belt violations, and impounded the Suburban. At the sheriffs department a search of the Suburban revealed over 900 pounds of cocaine hidden in the back of the vehicle. Edgar Cas

143 F.3d 920 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Edgar CASTRO, Defendant-Appellant.UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Susana GOMEZ, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 96-40687, 96-40694. United States Court of Appeals,Fifth Circuit. June 10, 1998. Keith Fredrick Giblin, Beaumont, TX,

POLITZ, Chief Judge: Edgar Castro and Susan Gomez were convicted on guilty pleas of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine after a search of their rented Chevrolet Suburban revealed approximately 900 pounds of cocaine. Concluding that the cocaine should have been suppressed as evidence obtained in violation of the fourth amendment to the United States Constitu

VANCE, Circuit Judge: Jose Gilliatt Gomez-Gomez, Pedro Vasquez-Castro, Luis Armando Rios-Rico, Nestor Villalobos-Lorduiz, and Thomas Charley Snow appeal their convictions and sen- *1009 fences resulting from drug smuggling. We affirm. On May 21, 1985, the Coast Guard cutt

PER CURIAM: Convicted of marijuana-related offenses in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 955a and 955c, Alvin Leon Gardner, Antonio Iglesias-Uranga and Ezequiel Gomez-Castro appeal on the sole ground that the district court should have suppressed evidence which resulted from a search of their vessel by the Coast Guard pursuant to 14 U.

829 F.2d 1132 U.S.v.Gomez-Gomez (Jose Giliatt), Vasquez-Castro (Pedro),Rios-Rico (Luis Armando), Villalobos-Lorduiz(Nestor), Snow (Thomas Charley) NO. 86-5328 United States Court of Appeals,Eleventh Circuit. SEP 02, 1987 Appeal From: S.D.Fla., 822 F.2d 1008 1

PER CURIAM: * The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Juan Castro Gonzalez 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 (5th Cir. 2011). Castro Gonzalez has not filed a response. We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the releva

PER CURIAM: * Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Humberto Yecid Castro Gomez raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States v. Teran-Salas, 767 F.3d 453, 458-62 (5th Cir.2014), cert. denied, — *411U.S.-, 135 S.Ct. 1892, 191 L.Ed.2d 767 (2015). In Teran-Salas, we determined that the appellant was n

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.