UNITED STATES v. JONES (2020)

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Byron JONES, also known as Big Baby Jones; Deloyd Jones, also known as Puggy Jones; Sidney Patterson, also known as Duda Man Patterson, Defendants-Appellants

No. 19-30935

Decided: June 23, 2020

Before JOLLY, JONES, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Nolan D. Paige, Kevin G. Boitmann, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Diane Hollenshead Copes, Esq., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee Rachel Isabel Conner, Conner & Sothern, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant Byron Jones Samantha Jean Kuhn, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant Deloyd Jones Autumn Alycia Town, Law Office of Autumn Town, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant Sidney Patterson

Bryon Jones, Deloyd Jones, and Sidney Patterson appeal the judgments entered after remand for resentencing on their “numerous felonies related to their membership in a group called Ride or Die.” United States v. Jones, 873 F.3d 482, 488 (5th Cir. 2017); see also United States v. Jones, 935 F.3d 266, 269 (5th Cir. 2019). The defendants’ arguments are foreclosed by the law-of-the-case doctrine. See United States v. Lee, 358 F.3d 315, 320 (5th Cir. 2004). They have filed unopposed motions for summary disposition of their appeals, conceding that their arguments are foreclosed.

Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), the defendants’ unopposed motions for summary disposition are GRANTED, and the district court’s judgments are AFFIRMED. The alternative motions for extensions of time to file merits briefs are DENIED.

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PER CURIAM:* FN* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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