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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Case: 22-11084 Document: 163-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/13/2025 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 22-11084 FILED

Case: 23-50509 Document: 64-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/01/2024 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit ____________ FILED August 1, 2024

Case: 20-10588 Document: 00515856908 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/11/2021 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED May 11, 2021 N

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 21-1211 ___________________________ United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. Felipe Noriega, Jr. Defendant - Appellant ___________________________ No. 21-1324 __________________

HAYNES, Circuit Judge: Defendant-Appellant Guadalupe Alcantar pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) and was sentenced to 63 months of imprisonment, reserving his appeal rights. He now appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment and the four-level sentencing enhancement imposed under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual (“U.S.

966 A.2d 367 (2009) Edwin K. SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. No. 06-CF-243. District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Argued September 26, 2008. Decided February 26, 2009. *368 Nina Chernoff, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Sandra K. Levick, *369 and

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge: The exercise of peremptory challenges to discriminate against prospective jurors on the basis of race or gender is unconstitutional. Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 88, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986); J.E.B. v. Alabama, 511 U.S. 127, 145-46, 114 S.Ct. 1419, 128 L.Ed.2d 89 (1994). Each type of discrimination offends the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and

BAUER, Circuit Judge. Leon Smallwood was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, distribution of cocaine base, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to life in prison. On appeal, Small-wood challenges his convictions and Ms sentence. We affirm. *909

COFFEY, Circuit Judge. Arthur Barnes was convicted before a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on four counts of unlawfully acquiring and redeeming food stamps, in violation of 7 U.S.C. § 2024(b) and (c). The district court thereafter sentenced Barnes to eighty-seven months imprisonment. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND

KANNE, Circuit Judge. A two-count indictment charged Antonio Santiago-Godinez with conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and with knowingly and intentionally possessing and distributing approximately 1,999 grams of a mixture containing cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The defendant filed a Motion for

OPINION OF THE COURT A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge. These consolidated appeals are brought by six co-defendants from judgments of conviction and sentence on charges arising from a conspiracy to distribute narcotics. Appellants Giacomo Di Norscio, Gerald Cohen, Gerald Deluca, John Sinico, Anthony Truglia and Vincent Di Pasquale, assert several and various contentions of error in the district court’s

864 F.2d 271 110 A.L.R.Fed. 669 UNITED STATES of Americav.Vincent Di PASQUALE, Appellant in 86-5810.UNITED STATES of Americav.Di NORSCIO, Giacomo, Appellant in 86-5835 & 87-5284.UNITED STATES of Americav.COHEN, Gerald, Appellant in 86-5841 & 87-5285.UNITED STATES of Americav.DELUCA, Gerald, Appellant in 86-5836 & 87-5286.UNITED STATES of Americav.SINICO

ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS EDWARD J. DAVILA, District Judge. Presently before the Court is a Petition filed by Petitioner, Xiaoyuan Ma (“Petitioner”). Petitioner has previously filed a motion to reopen a final removal order before the Board of Immigration of Appeals (‘BIA’). That motion is currently pending before the BIA. See, Petition, at ¶ 26. Dkt. Item No. 1.

KEITH, Circuit Judge. Petitioner Jose Sanie (“Sanie”) seeks this Court’s review of an order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture, and cancellation of removal. For the following reasons, we DISMISS the petition for review, in part, and DENY it, in part, and AFFIRM the BIA’s decision. I.

KEITH, Circuit Judge. Petitioner Jose Sanie (“Sanie”) seeks this Court’s review of an order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture, and cancellation of removal. For the following reasons, we DISMISS the petition for review, in part, and DENY it, in part, and AFFIRM the BIA’s decision. I.

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PATRICIA ANN CORDES,  Petitioner-Appellant, v. No. 04-15988 ALBERTO R. GONZALES,* Attorney General; MICHAEL CHERTOFF,** D.C. No. Secretary of the Department of  CV-03-05580- OWW/LJO Homeland Securit

SELYA, Circuit Judge. This case requires us to answer, for the first time, the question of how to determine whether an alien has been convicted of an aggravated felony for purposes of the Immigration & Nationality Act (INA). *50 Following what it termed a “modified categorical a

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER BARBARA M.G. LYNN, District Judge. Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment [Dkt. No. 13]. For the reasons stated herein, Defendants’ 12(b)(1) Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Second Amendment and Commerce Clause claims for lack of standing is GRANTED, and Defendants’ 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs due process, e

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION LUCY H. KOH, United States District Judge Plaintiffs Charles Des Roches (“Des Roch-es”), Sylvia Meyer (“Meyer”), and Gayle Tamler Greco (“Greco”) bring this action against Defendants California Physicians’ Service d/b/a Blue Shield of California; Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company; Human Affairs International of California; and Magellan