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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 3 Fed. Appx. 656 (seventh judgment); 10 Fed. Appx. 593 (eighth judgment).

10 F.3d 79 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Alberto BRAVO; Griselda Blanco; Bruno Bravo; Francisco A.Armedo-Sarmiento; Jose A. Cabrera-Sarmiento; EdgarRestrepo-Botero; Leon Velez; Bernardo Roldan; ArturoGonzalez; Jorge Gonzalez; Libardo Gill; Ruben DarioRoldan; Marconi Roldan; Carmen Gill; Carlos Marin;Beatrice Gonzalez; Nina Nino; Oscar Perez; ErnestoGuello; Julian Carrion Arco; Gilberto Rojas

MAHONEY, Circuit Judge: Defendant-appellant Gaston Robinson appeals from a judgment of conviction entered June 23, 1992 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, John M. Cannella, Judge, upon Robinson’s recapture after he was a fugitive for more than fifteen years as a result of his flight during his trial before a jury. Trial continued in absentia, and Robinson, along with

BESOSA, District Judge Before the Court is defendant Nelson Rivera-Maldonado ("Rivera")'s motion to compel the United States to disclose information regarding transfer from the Metropolitan Detention Center ("MDC") in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico to the Federal Detention Center ("FDC") in Miami, Florida and subsequent custodial interrogation. (Docket No. 953.) For the reasons set forth below, Rivera's motion is DENIED.

Case: 17-14294 Date Filed: 01/30/2020 Page: 1 of 97 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 17-14294 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 4:16-cr-10050-KMM-2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Opinion by Judge RICHARD C. TALLMAN; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by JUDGE MILAN D. SMITH, JR. TALLMAN, Circuit Judge: Defendant-Appellant Todd Johnson pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(a)(1). On appeal Johnson argues (1) that the district court improperly denied his motion to suppress and (2) that the district c

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge FLOYD wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge GOODWIN joined. FLOYD, Circuit Judge: On October 25, 2011, Appellant Abdula-dhim Ahmed Al Sabahi was charged in a four-count superseding indictment with knowingly possessing firearms while illegally and unlawfully present in the United States, in violation of 18 U.

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  No. 08-30094 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No. 3:07-cr-00047-TMB TODD DOUGLAS JOHNSON, OPINION Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States Distric

OZMUN, Judge: Contrary to his pleas, the appellant was convicted before members, including at least *774one-third enlisted members, of three specifications of violating a lawful general order, rape, adultery, and two specifications of indecent assault, in violation of Articles 92, 120, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 892, 920, and 934. He was a

OPINION FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge: Bryan Lynn Shumate was convicted by guilty plea and sentenced for importation of marijuana. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 960. The district court used an Oregon drug conviction in deciding that he was a career offender. See USSG § 4B1.1.1 Shumate claims that from a categorical perspective, the conviction was not a qualifying one.

PER CURIAM: Jorge Bueno-Sierra, Carlos Sanchez, and Wilmer Marin-Garcia raise a host of challenges to their convictions on numerous drug-related offenses. 1 We AFFIRM. I. FACTS In September, 1993, the U.S. Customs Service targeted Bueno-

PER CURIAM. This appeal requires us to consider the effect of an attorney’s disbarment by state authorities during a defendant’s federal trial. Defendants Pedro Nelson Rondon (“Rondon”) and Emmanuel Rondon-Trini-dad (“Rondon-Trinidad”), two brothers, appeal from judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John E. Sprizzo, Judge), convicti

TATE, Circuit Judge: The defendant Eugene Tafoya appeals his conviction on two counts of violating 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1) by filing materially false tax returns for the tax years 1980 and 1981. An indictment charged that Tafoya willfully and falsely understated his gross income on his 1980 and 1981 tax returns. 1 The gover

17 F.Supp.2d 161 (1998) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. FUNDS HELD IN THE NAME OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF John Hugh WETTERER, and/or Asociacion Amigos Del Los Ninos Hogar Mi Casa, a/k/a Mi Casa, at Bank International and Sterling Bank, including but not limited to Bank of America Account Numbers IF XXXX-XXXX, 162232 IBF, XXXXX-XX-X, and B-58-05616, Lloyds Bank International Bank Number 00070891 (Nassau Branch) and Sterling Bank Account Numbers

417 F.Supp. 585 (1976) UNITED STATES of America v. Rev. Alberto MEJIAS et al., Defendants. No. 76 Cr. 164. United States District Court, S. D. New York. June 21, 1976. *586 *587 *588 Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., by Michael Q. Carey, Natha

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge: This tale involves international drug smuggling surreptitious police tactics, high finance and an ocean going rendezvous — ingredients which would undoubtedly make a successful modern day melodrama. The sub-plot of the story, with which we are principally concerned, reveals a continuing effort by the actors to avoid the consequences of flouting the criminal laws of this country. The well-staffed

554 F.2d 665 2 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 320 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Otto ARCHBOLD-NEWBALL, a/k/a Otto Archibald, a/k/a "Otto"Alberto Ramirez-Betancourt, a/k/a Alberto Bravo,and Adolfo Gomez-Giraldo, a/k/a AdolfoRamirez, a/k/a Adolfo Gomez,Defendants-Appellants. No. 76-1737. United States Court of Appeals,Fifth Circuit.

TATE, Circuit Judge: The defendant (“Perez”) was convicted on jury trial of five counts of aiding and abetting the transportation of illegal aliens within the United States, 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2), 18 U.S.C. § 2, as well as of one count of illegal re-entry as a previously deported alien, 8 U.S.C. § 1326. On appeal, Perez forcefully contends that the trial court erred in denying h

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge: Alberto Mejias, Mario Navas, Estella Navas, Henry Cifuentes-Rojas, Jose Ramirez-Rivera, Manuel Francisco Padilla Martinez and Francisco Salazar Cadena appeal from convictions and sentences entered July 30, 1976 after a five-and-one-half week jury trial before Judge Carter in the Southern District. All appellants were convicted of conspiring to violate the f

SUMMARY ORDER Plaintiff-appellant Pedro Cristian Fernandez-Bravo appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut dismissing his Complaint pursuant to a motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. Fernandez-Bravo argues on appeal that the district court erred in granting the Defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing (1) the Fourth Amendment false arrest and malicious prosecution claims premised o