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SUMMARY ORDER Defendant-appellant Diego Cordoba appeals from the May 10, 2006 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Karas, J.), convicting him, following a plea of guilty, of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram and more of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and sentencing him principally to 70 months in prison and five years of supervis

EBEL, Circuit Judge. On June 3, 1994, a federal grand jury returned an eight count Superseding Indictment charging Defendant-Appellant Romual-do Cordoba (“Cordoba”) with various violations of the federal drug laws. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) subsequently entered three decrees of forfeiture pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881 and 19 U.S.C. § 1609 with respect to proper

MEMORANDUM* Defendant Jose Ceja Garcia appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii)(11). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. The parties are familiar with the facts and we do not recount them here except as necessary for our disposition. 1.

PER CURIAM: * The attorney appointed to represent Jose Lino Cordova-Zuniga 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). Cordova-Zuniga has not filed a response. Our independent review of the record and counsel’s brief discloses no non-frivolous issue for appeal. Accordingly, counsel’s mo

OPINION REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: These cases, consolidated for purposes of disposition, both present the question of whether landownership may form the basis for membership in a particular social group for purposes of eligibility for asylum. Because the agency did not have the benefit of our recent en banc decision in Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder when it adjudicated petitioners’ claims, we grant

MEMORANDUM * Arturo Diaz-Garcia appeals his convictions for importation of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952 and § 960 and for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We reverse. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of the ease, we will not recount it here. Prior to the commencement of Diaz-Garci

*269 OPINION GOULD, Judge. ¶ 1 Gilberto Gareia-Quintana (“Defendant”) appeals from his conviction and sentence for sale or transportation of marijuana, a class two felony. Defendant argues the court improperly admitted drug courier profile evidence. Because we conclude the evidence

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________ No. 14-9003 _____________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KABONI SAVAGE, a/k/a Joseph Amill, a/k/a Bonnie, a/k/a Yusef Billa, agent of Dirt, agent of Bighead,

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 18-10482 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 4:17-cr-00894- JGZ-BGM-1 ENRIQUE VALENCIA-LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the

13‐1156‐cr United States v. Bastian UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT August Term, 2014 (Argued: September 3, 2014 Decided: October 29, 2014) Docket No. 13‐1156‐cr

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 16-10395 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:15-cr-01465- JJT-1 PRAGEDIO ESPINOZA-VALDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), in which the BIA denied the request of William Cordoba-Chaves for discretionary relief pursuant to section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“Act”), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c), and ordered him deported to Colombia. We affirm the BIA’s decision.

MORITZ, Circuit Judge. Defendants Michael Jacoby, Derek Zar, and Susanne Zar appeal convictions and sentences arising from their participation in a mortgage fraud scheme. The government tried the defendants together, but each defendant separately appealed and filed separate briefs. Because the defendants assert both joint and individual challenges to their convictions and sent

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge, joined by JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, OWEN, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges, in full; SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge, joining in all except for footnote 1; HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge, joining in Part III.B only: Juan Castillo-Rivera was convicted of illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He received an 8-level enhancement of his sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(C), for b

Case: 12-15091 Date Filed: 06/26/2014 Page: 1 of 17 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 12-15091 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:89-cr-00602-WJZ-11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

MARCUS, Circuit Judge: John Doe (“Doe”)1 appeals his convictions for aggravated identity theft, principally claiming the government did not produce sufficient evidence that Doe knew the name and social security number he used in applying for a United States passport belonged to an actual person. Doe also argues that a two-level obstruction-of-justice enhancement was erroneously applied t

17 P.3d 994 (2001) Arturo A. GARCIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent. No. 34168. Supreme Court of Nevada. February 16, 2001. *995 Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and Gary H. Lieberman, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant. Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Stewart L. Bell,

761 F.Supp.2d 131 (2011) UNITED STATES of America v. Elvis SANTANA et al., Defendants. Case No. 09-CB-1022(KMK). United States District Court, S.D. New York. January 20, 2011. *133 Douglas B. Bloom, Esq., Nicholas L. McQuaid, Esq., United States Attorney's Office White Plains, NY, for the Government. Thomas F.X. Dunn, Esq.

703 F.Supp.2d 1063 (2010) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Rodney D. KING, and Sharon-Mae Nishimura, Defendants. Cr. No. 09-00207 DAE. United States District Court, D. Hawai`i. March 17, 2010. *1065 Darren W.K. Ching, Office of the United States Attorney, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff. ORDER DENYING DEFEND

728 F.2d 142 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Gsaac Gorge PINTO-MEJIA, Orlando Espinosa Sanchez, JorgeEliecer Cordoba- Lezcano, Luis Ancizar Castenad-Garjales,Luis Alfonso Barker-Michel, Carlos Osorio-Alvarez, LuisFrancisco Mayorga, Jose Felix Angulo-Quinones, RobertoNunez-Riasco, Blas Enrique Vargas-Rios, EuclidezVello-Garcia, Defendants- Appellants. Nos. 82-1412 82-1413, 82-1415