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US v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Denial of defendant's motion for a reduction of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2), based on Amendment 706 to the U.S.S.G., is affirmed...

U.S. v. Thompson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant-appellant's conviction and sentence for offenses, stemming from defendant's setting his house on fire in an attempt to collect on an...

US v. Ogba

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law, Sentencing
Defendants' convictions and sentences resulting from a scheme involving billing Medicare for false prescriptions for wheelchairs are affirmed in part...

US v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine is vacated and remanded where the district judge committed procedural error...

US v. Shi

Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A foreign national who forcibly seizes control of a foreign vessel in international waters may be subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. when such...

US v. Aguilera

Sentencing
Sentence for drug-related offenses is vacated and remanded where the district court erroneously applied a presumption of reasonableness to the...

Domka v. Portage County, Wisconsin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a suit alleging plaintiff had constitutionally protected liberty interests in his Huber privileges and the Home Detention Program (HDP) and that he...

U.S. v. Goosby

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing, Tax Law
In a tax fraud case, defendant's conviction and sentence is affirmed where: 1) there was sufficient evidence of the materiality of the false...

US v. Negron

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a case wherein the district court declined to resentence the defendant on a remand pursuant to US v. Crosby, 397 F.3d 103 (2005), the order is...

In re Vincent G.

Evidence, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
In a juvenile proceeding wherein gang-related conditions of probation were imposed on a minor, the order is affirmed but modified in part where: 1)...