Cedar Rapids, IA - Illegal Alien from Mexico Sentenced to Prison after Returning to the United States Following Two Deportations

A Mexican man who had previously been deported twice was sentenced today to 16 months in federal prison.

Leonardo Vega-Martinez, age 40, a citizen of Mexico who had been living in Cascade, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 4, 2017, guilty plea... More...   $0 (08-02-2017 - ia)

Deportable immigrants are presumptively exempt from
the discretionary imposition of supervised release under
Section 5D1.1(c) of the Sentencing Guidelines. Appellant
Francisco Azcona-Polanco, a deportable immigrant, argues
that the District Court committed a procedural sentencing
error by sentencing him to a term of supervised release
without an adequate explanation. We wri... More...   $0 (08-01-2017 - NJ)

Jose Ricardo Flores appeals his sentences for illegal reentry into the United States and violating a condition of his supervised release. He contends that the district court, which incorrectly believed that it lacked the authority to run the sentences concurrently, erred by imposing consecutive sentences for the offenses. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM.
I.
Flores pleaded guilty to ... More...   $0 (07-03-2017 - TX)

Ramiro Montoya-De La Cruz (“Montoya”) challenges his sentences for illegal reentry and violation of the terms of his supervised release on the ground that the district court plainly erred by failing to provide him an opportunity to allocute before pronouncing his sentences. We AFFIRM.
I.
Montoya was convicted of illegal entry in 2012 and illegal entry after deportation in 2012 and in 2013,... More...   $0 (07-03-2017 - TX)

Albuquerque, NM - Seven More Sentenced and Two More Plead Guilty to Charges Arising Out of ATF-Led Operation Targeting Drug Trafficking and Firearms Crime in Bernalillo County

Defendants Part of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal �Worst of the Worst� Anti-Violence Initiative

In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency inves... More...   $0 (06-30-2017 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Registered Nurse Formerly Employed by Hospice Care Provider Pleads Guilty to Federal Prescription Opioid Conspiracy Charges

Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico

Desiree Ulibarri, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty in federal court to federal prescription opioid conspiracy char... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - NM)

Seattle, WA - Leader of Oxycodone Distribution Ring Sentenced to 6+ Years in Prison

Forged Prescriptions and Manipulated Various Online Pharmacy Networks and Government Databases to Commit Fraud

Anthony Ballenger, age 29, pleaded guilty in March 2017 to unauthorized access to a protected computer, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. At the sentencin... More...   $0 (06-16-2017 - OK)

Albuquerque, NM - Registered Nurse Formerly Employed by Hospice Care Provider Pleads Guilty to Federal Prescription Opioid Conspiracy Charges

Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico

Desiree Ulibarri, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty in federal court to federal prescription opioid conspiracy char... More...   $0 (06-15-2017 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Prison for Failing to Update Sex Offender Registration

Kevin Scott Gordon, 59, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced to 21 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release including a mandatory year in a residential reentry program for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Gordon will be required to ... More...   $0 (06-10-2017 - NM)

The present prosecution of Delva had its origin in the kidnapping and robbery of a2
woman and a man in the Bronx, New York, which began on Labor Day weekend in 2012. Those3
crimes were investigated by a joint task force of Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") agents and4
New York City Police Department ("NYPD") detectives and officers (collectively or in combination,5
the "Offi... More...   $0 (06-06-2017 - NY)

Wife appeals a general judgment of dissolution,
raising two assignments of error. In her first assignment
of error, wife argues that the trial court erred in its award
of spousal maintenance support; wife raises two arguments
concerning the amount and timing of the award. In
her second assignment of error, wife argues that the trial
court erred in setting child support base... More...   $0 (06-01-2017 - OR)

The question for this Court, distilled to its essential form, is whether the
Constitution, as the Supreme Court declared in Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 2,
120 (1866), remains “a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace.” And if
so, whether it protects Plaintiffs’ right to challenge an Executive Order that in text speaks
with vague words of national security, ... More...   $0 (05-25-2017 - )

Albuquerque, NM - Arizona Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charge Arising Out of Seizure of Five Pounds of Heroin

Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico

Tabitha Marie Ochoa, 29, of Nogales, Ariz., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a heroin trafficking charge.... More...   $0 (05-21-2017 - NM)

This case presents a question of statutory interpretation: Whether, under Welfare
and Institutions Code section 786, a ward’s compliance with his or her probation can be
satisfactory for dismissal purposes, and yet unsatisfactory for record-sealing purposes.
We hold it cannot. The court has the discretion under section 786 to find the ward has or
has not substantially complied with... More...   $0 (05-14-2017 - )

Worester, MA - Colombian National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry After Deportation

Hernan Lopez Castaneda, aka Carlos Velasquez, aka Gustavo Velandia, 60, a Colombian national who was residing in Queens, N.Y., pleaded guilty to one count of illegal re-entry of a deported alien.

Lopez has illegally entered the United States on multiple occasions. He was first deported in 2006.... More...   $0 (05-08-2017 - MA)

New Orleans, LA - Honduran National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

Marlin Caceres-Guerrero, age 26, a native of Honduras, pled guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal entry of a removed alien.

According to the court documents, CACERES-GUERRERO was previously removed from the United States on May 3, 2013. He was later found in the Eastern District of Louisiana... More...   $0 (04-20-2017 - LA)

We recount only the background necessary to understand
the issues, drawing the facts from the Presentence Investigation
Report ("PSR") and the transcript of the sentencing hearing. See
United States v. King, 741 F.3d 305, 306 (1st Cir. 2014).
Carmona, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic,
was convicted twice in Massachusetts courts on drug-trafficking
charg... More...   $0 (04-16-2017 - MA)

Albuquerque, NM - Two Albuquerque Men Plead Guilty and Two Others Sentenced for Violating Federal Firearms and Drug Trafficking Laws

Defendants Four of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative

Two Albuquerque men pled guilty and two others were sentenced today in federal co... More...   $0 (04-16-2017 - NM)

New Orleans, LA - Honduran National Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Illegal Re-Entry

Marvin Antonio Garcia-Pinott, age 30, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to reentry of a deported alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).

U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt sentenced GARCIA-PINOTT to two years in ... More...   $0 (04-12-2017 - LA)

Oliver and Pinson had been dating since approximately December 2006.
Although Oliver described his relationship with Pinson as a “side” relationship, the
two lived together off and on during the span of their relationship. Sometime
between late May and July 22, 2009, Oliver called Leander Watkins, his mechanic
and a mutual friend of the couple, trying to get in touch with Pin... More...   $0 (04-07-2017 - FL)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Five Years for Federal Heroin Trafficking Conviction

Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico

Christopher Craig, 26, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his conviction on a heroin trafficking charge. Craig will be on supervised r... More...   $0 (04-05-2017 - NM)

Hartford, CT - Citizen of Guatemala Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Reentering the U.S.

David Oritz Juarez, 35, a citizen of Guatemala who recently resided in Hartford, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to approximately seven and one-half months of imprisonment, time already served, and two years of supervised release, for illegally reentering t... More...   $0 (04-04-2017 - CT)

The appellant, Ramiro Plascencia-Orozco (“Plascencia”),2 is a citizen and national of Mexico. He was first removed from the United States by immigration authorities in 1971, after he was arrested for entering the country without inspection or authorization. Between 1971 and 2011, Plascencia was similarly removed from the United States at least twenty more times and was convicted of at least eleve... More...   $0 (04-02-2017 - CA)

After pleading guilty to a drug possession charge, Ron Douglas Patterson, a
Canadian citizen who has lived in the United States since his admission to this
country in 1996, learned that the plea rendered him subject to mandatory
deportation. Patterson filed a timely motion to withdraw the plea under Penal
Code section 1018 on grounds of mistake or ignorance. The trial court denied ... More...   $0 (03-29-2017 - )

According to the Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM), one in
every five girls and one in every seven boys is sexually abused by the time they
reach adulthood. Among adults, one in six women and one in 33 men suffer
sexual assault. (CSOM, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Fact Sheet: What You Need to
Know About Sex Offenders (2008) p. 1 needtoknow_fs.pdf> [as of M... More...   $0 (03-26-2017 - )