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SUMMARY ORDER Defendant-Appellant Nissim Mizrachi pled guilty to and was convicted on various arson, mail fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy charges, and in April 1994 was sentenced, by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (McAvoy, C.J.) to 78 months’ imprisonment and five years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay forfeiture and restitution in an amount totaling over eight million do

JON O.. NEWMAN, Chief Judge: This appeal primarily concerns application of the multi-count analysis of the Sentencing Guidelines. Nissim Mizraehi appeals from the April 21, 1994, judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Chief Judge) convicting him, on his plea of guilty, of arson, mail fraud, and money laundering offenses.

MEMORANDUM & ORDERRAYMOND J. DEARIE, United States District Judge *343Plaintiff, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC"), is the statutory trustee of the Franshaw, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan (the "Plan") and brings this action for breach of fiduciary duty against the Plan's former trustees, Defendants Murray S. Mizrachi a

TERRY, Associate Judge. This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to modify the terms of an alimony and child support order. Appellant raises three issues: whether incorrect factual findings in the trial court’s order require reversal, whether the court applied the correct legal standard in ruling on appellant’s motion, and whether the court abused its discretion in denying the motion. We reverse. I</

345 F.Supp.2d 1319 (2004) MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Florida, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Civ. No. 01-1930. United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division. September 30, 2004. *1323 Thomas H. Robertson, Dade County Attorney's Office Metro Dade Center, Lori Anne Sochin, Greenberg Traurig, Miami, FL, Regi

461 F.Supp.2d 76 (2006) UNITED STATES of America, v. David Hossein SAFAVIAN, Defendant. Criminal No. 05-0370 (PLF). United States District Court, District of Columbia. November 16, 2006. *77 Nathaniel B. Edmonds, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Peter Robert Zeidenberg, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, fo

274 F.Supp.2d 648 (2003) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Martin L. GRASS Franklin C. Brown Franklyn M. Bergonzi Nos. CR. 1CR02-146-01, CR. 1CR02-146-02, CR. 1CR02-146-03. United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania. March 18, 2003. *650 Kim Douglas Daniel, U.S. Attorney's Office, Harrisburg, PA, for Plaintiff. Mark T. Stan

KEARSE, Circuit Judge. Defendant Jerome E. Rosen appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York following his plea of *538 guilty before Shirley Wohl Kram, Judge, convicting him of securities fraud, in violation of 15 U.S

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 97-4913 CHRISTIAN E. UBAKANMA, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 97-4914 CHIDOZIE ONYEKONWU, a/k/a Charles Thomas, Defendant-Appellant. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Dist

89 F.Supp.2d 914 (1999) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. William C. OLIVER, Jr., Defendant. Nos. CR-3-96-98(12), CR-3-97-45(1). United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Western Division. August 6, 1999. William Hunt, Assist. U.S. Atty., Cincinnati, OH, for U.S. John Hayes Rion, Jon Paul Rion, John H. Rion & Associates, Dayton, OH, for William C. Ol

987 F.Supp. 56 (1997) UNITED STATES of America v. Edward S. BUCHANAN, Defendant. No. CRIM. 95-10188-NG. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. December 18, 1997. *57 Francis J. DiMento, DiMento & Sullivan, Boston, MA, for Defendant. Anita S. Lichtblau, William T. Clabault, Trial Atty., New England Bank Fraud T

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS. ROGERS, Circuit Judge: This case is here for a second time on claims of sentencing error. In United States v. Wolff, 127 F.3d 84 (D.C.Cir.1997) (“Wolff I”) the court remanded for resen-tencing in view of the government’s breaches of the plea agreement. See

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge. After a nine-day trial, Appellant Gerard DiSanto (“Appellant”) was convicted for attempted arson in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), the federal arson statute, which makes it a federal crime to destroy by means of fire property used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce; and for conspiracy to commi

USCA1 Opinion July 12, 1996 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT ____________ No. 95-1584 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v.

897 F.Supp. 267 (1995) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Abu Ashonte ALI, Defendant. No. 2:95cr31. United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division. September 1, 1995. *268 Janet W. Reincke, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Norfolk, VA, for plaintiff. Robert B. Rigney, Knight, Dudley, De

PER CURIAM: Defendant Allen appeals from a sentence imposed by the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., Judge), following defendant-appellant Susan L. Allen’s plea of guilty to one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. The District Court sentenced Allen principally to 24 months in prison and three years o

JACOBS, Circuit Judge. George Thompson appeals from a judgment of conviction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sprizzo, J.) following his guilty plea to one count of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. The court sentenced Thompson to eight months of imprisonment, five years of supervised release, restitution of $67,916.78, and the mandatory special assessment of $50. O

POOLER, Circuit Judge: David E. Kinlock appeals from the June 30, 1997, judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Lawrence E. Kahn, Judge) sentencing him to twenty-seven months imprisonment for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1029(a)(2) and ordering restitution in the amount of $19,192.54, due and payable immediately. As a cond

POSNER, Chief Judge. Alan Levinson pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341) and was sentenced to 12 months in prison and fined $20,000. His brief on appeal challenges the sentence on two grounds, but at oral argument his counsel abandoned the second, which was that the district judge should have explained why she was sentencing Levinson to 12 months in prison

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON. KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge: A jury convicted appellant Pauline Ngo Bapack of conspiring to defraud the Government (18 U.S.C. § 286), submitting false Medicare and Medicaid claims for payment (18 U.S.C. § 287), mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341) and/or aiding and abetting (18 U.