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MOORE, Circuit Judge. Appellants, a putative class of over 300 former sailors, appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims’ dismissal of their challenges to the Navy’s implementation of an Enlisted Retention Board (ERB) that resulted in their honorable discharges. We affirm. Background In a March 20

MEMORANDUM * Julio Cesar Ruiz and Angel Eliazar Noriega-Valenzuela (“Noriega”) were found guilty of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine (“meth”), in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B). Ruiz and Valenzuela both argue that their sentences are unreasonable when viewed in comparison with those that other co-conspirators received. Ruiz further argues that the district co

MEMORANDUM * Julio Cesar Ruiz and Angel Eliazar Noriega-Valenzuela (“Noriega”) were found guilty of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine (“meth”), in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B). Ruiz and Valenzuela both argue that their sentences are unreasonable when viewed in comparison with those that other co-conspirators received. Ruiz further argues that the district co

MEMORANDUM ** *535Jose Angel Ruiz-Chavez appeals from the 63-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for illegal re-entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate the sentence and remand for resen-tencing. Ruiz-Chavez contends that th

MEMORANDUM ** *535Jose Angel Ruiz-Chavez appeals from the 63-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for illegal re-entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate the sentence and remand for resen-tencing. Ruiz-Chavez contends that th

PER CURIAM: * Angel Ruiz-Rosas pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with being found in the United States following deportation. The district court sentenced Ruiz-Rosas to 57 months in prison and a two-year term of supervised release. Ruiz-Rosas’s plea agreement explicitly waived his “right to have facts that the law makes essential to the punishment” charged in the indictment or

MEMORANDUM *** Defendant Manuel Guillen-Ruiz appeals his conviction for illegal reentry into the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He presents two arguments on appeal: (1) the government presented insufficient evidence of his alienage, an essential element of the crime of illegal reentry; and (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. We affirm the con

Sterling Johnson, Jr., UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Relator Don Hanks, who worked for Amgen, Inc., as a nephrology and/or oncology sales representative for approximately 17½ years prior to his termination on May 23, 2007, brings this qui tam action on behalf the United States and 13 states, alleging that 18 Group Purchasing Organizations ("GPOs") or medical practices (collectively, "Defendants") violated the False Claims

DYK, Circuit Judge. ORDER The parties jointly respond to our order directing them to file a status report concerning how these appeals should proceed in view of this court’s decisions in O’Connor v. United States, 308 F.3d 1233 (Fed. Cir.2002) and Mudge v. United States, 308 F.3d 1220 (Fed.Cir.2002). The court previously granted the motion of Fernando Blanco et

SUMMARY ORDER AFTER ARGUMENT AND UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgments of the District Court are hereby AFFIRMED. Defendants-Appellants Jesus Mendez and Ricardo Morales appeal from judgments of conviction entered on March 22, *292001, by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denny

PER CURIAM: * Miguel Angel Ruiz-Simental appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction of being found in the United States after deportation/removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Ruiz-Simental contends that the “felony” and “aggravated felony” provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (2) are unconstitutional. He therefore argues that his conviction must be reduced to one under

RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge. Appellants Angel Eliazar Noriega-Valenzuela (Noriega) and Julio Cesar Ruiz (Ruiz) were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine (meth), aiding and abetting, and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes. The judge sentenced Noriega to a term of 295 months’ imprisonment and Ruiz to a term of

175 F.Supp.2d 129 (2001) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff v. [05] Martires Paulino CASTRO, [08] Esteban Martinez García, [23] Carlos Valdes, Defendants Criminal No. 00-0693(PG). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. November 14, 2001. *130 Miriam R. Ramos-Grateroles, San Juan, for Rafael Reynoso-De-La-Cruz. Marl

Appellate Case: 23-7088 Document: 96-1 Date Filed: 05/06/2025 Page: 1 FILED United States Court of Appeals PUBLISH Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS May 6, 2025

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-435 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 8:20-cr-00171- v. JVS-FWS-5 JESUS RAMIRO GOMEZ, AKA Hunter, OPINION Defendant

125 F.Supp.2d 411 (2000) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Felipe RUIZ-CASTRO (01), Manuel Javier Rodrigues (05), Jose Luis Vasquez (06), Randall Ramelb (07), et al., Defendants. United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Robert Mahoney (11), Jose Angel Lemon-Pena (01), Eduardo Velasco (03), Thomas Marino, Sr. (04), Ana Marino (05), Tomas Marino, Jr. (06), et al., Defendants. United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Leop

21-1778(L) United States v. Avenatti In the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit AUGUST TERM 2022 Nos. 21-1778(L), 22-351(CON) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. MICHAEL AVENATTI,

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ____________ No. 23-2996 ____________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DWAYNE W. SHERMAN, Appellant ____________ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (D.C. Criminal No. 1:

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 22-1129 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. GAMAL ABDELAZIZ, Defendant, Appellant. No. 22-1138 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. JOHN WILSON, Defendan

PER CURIAM. This ease was before us earlier on appeal from a judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Ward, J.) convicting Hector Colon of, inter alia, violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), which enhances by thirty years the prison term of any person who “during and in relation to any ... drug trafficking crime ... uses or carries a firearm” when that firearm is a machine gu