Daily Archives: April 4, 2018


Duncan v. State

Howard Duncan v. State of Maryland, No. 2519, September Term, 2016, Opinion by Thieme, J. CRIMINAL LAW – WRIT OF ERROR CORAM NOBIS – INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL – COUNSEL’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER PADILLA v. KENTUCKY, 559 U.S. 356 (2010), AND ITS PROGENY, REGARDING IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL SENTENCES ORDERED DURING […]


United States v. Zografidis

16-325-cr(L) United States v. Zografidis, et al. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER Rulings by summary order do not have precedential effect. Citation to a summary order filed on or after January 1, 2007, is permitted and is governed by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure […]


United States v. William Dor

Case: 16-17191 Date Filed: 04/04/2018 Page: 1 of 13 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 16-17191 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 9:15-cv-81701-RLR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus WILLIAM DOR, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court […]


Romero v. Perez

Celso Monterroso Romero v. Josefa Perez, No. 2477, September Term 2016 Filed March __, 2018. HEADNOTES: Aliens, Immigration, and Citizenship – Special Immigrants – Burden of Proof Special Immigration Juvenile (SIJ) status petitioners must prove each of the SIJ factors by a preponderance of the evidence. 8 U.S.C. § 101(a)(27)(J); […]


United States v. Thomas Peterson

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 16-4288 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff – Appellee v. Thomas Peterson lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant – Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Nebraska – Lincoln ____________ Submitted: November 17, 2017 Filed: April 4, […]


Ramond Martin v. Attorney General United States

NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 17-2054 ___________ RAMOND ROBERT MARTIN, a/k/a Ralph H. Martin, a/k/a John Royal, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent ____________________________________ On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals […]


United States v. Ijaz Khan

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-4301 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. IJAZ KHAN, Defendant – Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District Judge. (1:16-cr-00130-LMB-2) Submitted: March 28, 2018 […]