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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Criminal Action No. 18-389 (BAH) LINWOOD DOUGLAS THORNE, Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The defendant, Linwood Douglas Thorne, is charged in six counts with multiple firearm and narcotics off

FILED United States Court of Appeals PUBLISH Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS June 26, 2013 Elisabeth A. Shumaker

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER SPATT, District Judge. This is a suppression hearing. The attorney for the defendant Heriberto Martinez (the “defendant” or “Martinez”) moved to suppress the statements made by the defendant to law enforcement officers in four separate jurisdictions. The statements were made in separate interrogations by (1) the New York City Police Department — two sets of stateme

FILED United States Court of Appeals PUBLISH Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS June 26, 2013 Elisabeth A. Shumaker

657 F.3d 1085 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Kifah Wael JAYYOUSI, a.k.a. Abu Mohamed, Adham Amin Hassoun, Defendants-Appellants, Jose Padilla, a.k.a. Ibrahim, a.k.a. Abu Abdullah AI Mujahir, a.k.a. Abu Abu Abdullah the Puerto Rican, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee. No. 08-10494. United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge: Miguel Chavez-Hernandez pleaded guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to being illegally present in the United States after being deported, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Over Chavez-Hernandez’s perfunctory objection, the district court increased his base offense level of eight by 16 levels, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(ii), on the theory that his 2009 conviction for sexual activity with a

599 F.3d 1221 (2010) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kent FRANK, Defendant-Appellant. No. 07-13685. United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. March 15, 2010. *1226 Michael Dennis Walsh, Law Offices of Michael Walsh, P.A., Miami, FL, for Frank. Emily M. Smachetti, Anne R. Schultz, Asst. U.S. Atty.,

630 F.3d 372 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Antonio OLALDE-HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 09-51097. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. January 5, 2011. *373 Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Elizabeth Berenguer, Asst. U.S. Attorneys, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Sostenes Mireles

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, specially concurring: I concur in the judgment of the panel because I believe it is the correct application of this circuit’s precedent. See, e.g., United States v. Machado, 804 F.2d 1537, 1543 (11th Cir.1986) (“Only a decision by this court sitting en bane or by the United States Supreme Court can overrule a prior panel decision.”). I write separately to express my view th

499 F.3d 470 (2007) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge BALDERAS-RUBIO, Defendant-Appellant. No. 06-41153. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. September 5, 2007. Jeffery Alan Babcock, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., Sarah Beth Landau, Houston, TX, for De

PER CURIAM Defendant-Appellant Marcus G. Hahn was convicted of marijuana and firearms violations and sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment. In a second prosecution for sexual-exploitation offenses, Mr. Hahn entered into a plea agreement in which he waived the right to appeal his sentence. The district court, finding that it lacked discretion to issue the sexual-exploitation sentence concurrently with the marijuana- and-fi

[PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

690 F.2d 1289 95 Lab.Cas. P 13,873, 11 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1679 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Dorothy O. KOPITUK, Raymond C. Kopituk, Oscar Morales, FredR. Field, Jr., Cleveland Turner, James Vanderwyde,Landon L. Williams, William Boyle,George Barone, Defendants-Appellants. No. 80-5025. United States Court of Appeals,Eleventh Ci

Concurrence by Judge PREGERSON Concurrence by Judge CHRISTEN OPINION PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: INTRODUCTION This case is about Luis Sanchez, a small boat owner, who took some friends on a fishing trip within United States territorial waters, and ended up in removal proceedings before an immigration judge (“U”) under section 240 of the Immigration an

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Submitted November 17, 2025 Decided January 16, 2026 No. 25-5001 SHAHNAZ HAERI MEHNEH AND ALIASGHAR NEJAT, APPELLANTS v. MARCO RUBIO, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE AND ROBERT JACHIM, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ACTING DIRECTOR OF SCREENING, ANALYSIS AND COORDINATION,

JUAN M. PEREZ-GIMENEZ, SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE Plaintiffs Danny Dominguez and Elionai Fernandez sued Defendants Minerva Ramos ("ADA Ramos") and Dennis Morales Rodriguez ("Officer Morales") (collectively, "Defendants") for alleged violations of their rights under the Fourth Amendment.1 Docket No. 1. They specifically

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALL PLAINTIFFS REPRESENTED BY JOHN DRISCOLL, Plaintiffs, v. No. 20-cv-622-ZMF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION From 2006 to 2011, sixty-three terrorist attacks on U.S. military service members and civilians in Iraq killed forty-six and seve

OPINION AND ORDER DANIEL R. DOMINGUEZ, District Judge. Plaintiffs, who are twelve (12) dismissed or demoted employees of the State Insurance Fund (“SIF”), brought the instant action against the SIF and several of its officers. Plaintiffs’ allegations are, inter alia, based on alleged First Amendment Political Discrimination, Fifth and/or Fourteenth Amendment Due Process violations, and Fourteenth

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) Civil Ac

Affirm and Opinion Filed June 1, 2023 In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-18-00861-CR CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL RUBIO, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 363rd Judicial District Court