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388 F.3d 1199 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Frank FERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Roy Gavaldon, aka Spider, Defendant-Appellant.United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.David Gonzales-Contreras, aka David Contreras-Gonzalez, Defendant-Appellant.United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Dominick Shewmaker Gonzales, aka Solo, aka Domi

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 22-1476 ___________________________ United States of America, lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee, v. Justin Treanton,

Case: 19-30488 Document: 00515400445 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/30/2020 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 19-30488 FILED

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 17-10439 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:15-cr-00933- DLR-1 JONATHAN LEE READ, Defendant-Appellant. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Distri

OPINION HURWITZ, Circuit Judge: Jesus Barragan, Pablo Franco, Francisco Gutierrez, and Hector Fernandez were convicted of conspiracy in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”); Barragan was also convicted of drug crimes. They appeal their convictions and sentences- Although we find a portion of the prosecutor’s closin

JANE J. BOYLE, District Judge: Luis Hernandez-Hernandez appeals his 16-level “crime of violence” enhancement under § 2L'l,2(b)(l)(A)(ii) of the Sentencing Guidelines based upon a prior conviction for assaulting a federal officer and inflicting bodily injury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1) and (b). 1 In his sole i

771 F.Supp.2d 556 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, v. Lauren STEVENS, Defendant. Case No. RWT 10cr0694. United States District Court, D. Maryland. March 23, 2011. *558 Adrienne Elise Fowler, Patrick Glenn Jasperse, United States Department of Justice, Office of Consumer Litigation, Washington, DC, Cynthia A. Young, Sara Miron Blo

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell (“appellants”) appeal their jury convictions for deprivation of rights under color of state law in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242. The United States appeals Koon’s and Powell’s sentences under the Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm the convictions but remand for resentencing. BACKGROUND

DENNIS, Circuit Judge: Iveth Najera-Mendoza pleaded guilty to one count of attempted illegal reentry into the United States after having been deported, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326, and one count of false personation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a), and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 46 months of incarceration. She now appeals her sentence, contending that the district court erred in applying a sixteen-level se

469 F.Supp.2d 752 (2007) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Rosalio Guitron VARGAS, Defendant. Rosalio Guitron Vargas, Petitioner, v. United States of America, Respondent. No. 1:03-cr-046. No. 1:06-cv-063. United States District Court, D. North Dakota, Southwestern Division. January 17, 2007. *753

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: Appellants Frank Fernandez (“Fernandez”), Roy Gavaldon (“Gavaldon”), David Gonzales-Contreras (“Contreras”), Dominick Gonzales (“Gonzales”), Jimmy Sanchez (“Sanchez”), and Suzanne Schoenberg-Sanchez (“Schoenberg”) (collectively “Appellants”) were convicted on a variety of RICO and drug-trafficking charges relating to their participation in or involvement with the Mexican Mafia or “the Erne

205 F.Supp.2d 346 (2002) David PODLOG, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. CIVIL NO. CV-98-1440. United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania. February 1, 2002. *347 David Podlog, Ft. Dix, NJ, Rada Tarnovsky, New York, NY, Jack V. Corradino, Corradino Law Offices, Clifton, NJ, John Klotz, Totowa, NJ, for David P

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge: Defendants-appellants Harrison Daniels (Daniels), Patrick Sayes (Sayes), and John Swan (Swan) appeal their respective convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 242. We affirm. Facts and Proceedings Below Daniels, Sayes, and Swan were corrections officers at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola (Angola or the pri

MEMORANDUM * This appeal involves four defendants in three separate criminal cases: a marijuana conspiracy case (Marijuana Conspiracy Case), a money laundering case (Money Laundering Case), and a probation violation case (Probation Violation Case). Marijuana Conspiracy Case: In October 1992, Pedro Hernandez and other conspirators agreed to contribute money to purchase marijuana i

940 F.Supp. 540 (1996) UNITED STATES of America v. Orlando PEREZ and Teddy Ramos, Defendants. No. 96 Cr. 167 (RWS). United States District Court, S.D. New York. September 6, 1996. *541 *542 Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York City, for the U.S.

BAUER, Chief Judge. Gregory Lewis was convicted of conspiracy and attempt to distribute cocaine and heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1988). Lewis appeals his conviction and sentence, contesting several of the district court’s evidentiary rulings and its application of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm. I.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ANN C. WILLIAMS, District Judge. This case teaches the lesson that sloppy lawyering can undermine individual rights and drain judicial resources. Here, the inferior counselling of a defendant in a criminal case means that the efforts of many participants in the judicial process have been wasted and may mean that an individual has been unjustly incarcerated for eight years.

667 F.2d 1297 9 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1452 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Miguel FELIX-JEREZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 81-1121. United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 10, 1981.Decided Feb. 16, 1982. Bernardo Velasco, Asst. Federal