United States First Circuit - January 2017 Opinion Summaries
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US v. Llanos-FaleroUnited States First Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence for guilty plea to bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. sections 2113(a), 2113(d) and 2, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of...
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01/30/2017 | 15-1070 |
US v. Nieves-MercadoUnited States First Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Above-guidelines sentence for guilty plea to carjacking and aiding and abetting in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 2119(1) is affirmed over defendant's...
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01/30/2017 | 15-1627 |
Booker v. Pfizer, Inc.United States First Circuit
Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Drugs & Biotech
In a qui tam action against a pharmaceutical defendant in federal district court, on behalf of the U.S., more than two dozen individual states, and...
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01/30/2017 | 16-1805 |
Van Tran v. RodenUnited States First Circuit
Habeas Corpus, Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of petitions for writs of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. section 2254 are affirmed over petitioners' claim that the Commonwealth of...
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01/30/2017 | 15-2133 |
Swaby v. YatesUnited States First Circuit
Immigration Law
In a petition brought by a citizen of Jamaica for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming his order of removal and...
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01/30/2017 | 16-1821 |
US v. BramleyUnited States First Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a sentencing appeal involving the intersection between the right of a sentencing judge to receive confidential advice from probation officers and...
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01/26/2017 | 15-2446 |
US v. Marin-EcheverriUnited States First Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence for guilty plea to violating 21 U.S.C. sections 952(a) and 963 and 18 U.S.C. section 1956(a)(1)(B)(i) and 1956(h), by participating in a...
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01/25/2017 | 15-2187 |
Lopez-Erquicia v. Weyne-RoigUnited States First Circuit
Civil Rights
In an employment discrimination action claiming that defendant, Puerto Rico's Insurance Commissioner, eliminated plaintiff's job as a director within...
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01/25/2017 | 15-2278 |
US v. ZimnyUnited States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Convictions of wire fraud, engaging in unlawful monetary transactions, filing false tax returns, and bank fraud are remanded with instructions that...
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01/24/2017 | 15-2144 |
US v. Martinez-ArmesticaUnited States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence and conviction of carjacking, using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and four counts of illegal possession of...
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01/20/2017 | 14-1674 |