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   Federal Courts - 5th Circuit Court of Appeals - January 11, 2006

  
Singh v. Gonzales, No. 05-60159 (Summary Calendar), UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 11, 2006, Filed
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Overview: The Board of Immigration Appeals' decision that a motion to reopen and rescind a removal order entered in absentia under 8 U.S.C.S. § 1229a(b)(5)(C) could only have been filed with an immigration judge was reasonable; therefore, a motion filed by an immigrant before the Board was properly governed by a 90-day time limit in § 1229a(c)(6)(C)(I).

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United States v. Berg, No. 05-50449 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 11, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's due process right were not violated when prosecutor commented on defendant's pretrial silence; first comment related to pre-arrest silence, which did not violate rule against commenting on post-arrest, post-Miranda silence, and with regard to second comment, there was no evidence that defendant's silence was induced by Miranda warnings.

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United States v. Bonugli, No. 03-40484 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 11, 2006, Filed
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Overview: The admission of evidence of a shooting did not violate Fed. R. Evid. 404(b) and was not an abuse of discretion because it placed defendant at a specific house immediately prior to the discovery of a large amount of marijuana and, thus, was intrinsic to a charged conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute.

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United States v. Durant, No. 03-41562 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 11, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Evidence was sufficient to establish that defendant knew that illegal aliens were in trailer of her truck in violation of 8 U.S.C.S. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii), (B)(i), where she was sole driver and occupant of truck, she detoured 130 miles south from route, and she told co-driver that she was going to make money hauling something up north.

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United States v. Jones, No. 05-50224 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 11, 2006, Filed
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Overview: District court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence was affirmed; warrantless search of space under passenger seat of vehicle was supported by articulable suspicion that defendant's passenger might be dangerous where passenger reached under the seat and was acting angry, and thus, search did not violate U.S. Const. amend. IV.

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United States v. Lopez-Zeladon, No. 05-40006 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 11, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's sentence for illegal reentry following deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C.S. § 1326 was remanded because the Government failed to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that the district court would not have sentenced defendant differently under an advisory guidelines sentencing regime.

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United States v. Thomas, No. 04-41742 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 11, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction under 18 U.S.C.S. § 1001(a)(2) because his false statement to an officer, a staff member of the Bureau of Prisons, contained his acknowledgement that he was informed that it was a violation of federal law to provide false information to federal agents.

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United States v. Villafuerte-Navarro, No. 04-41571 Summary Calendar, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 11, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's sentence for unlawfully reentering the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C.S. § 1326(a) was vacated and remanded because the record contained no indication as to what the district court would have done had it been aware that it was not bound to apply the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.

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Wingate v. Air Prods., No. 05-40029, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 11, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Denial of motion to remand to state court was affirmed, where there was no reasonable basis to predict that plaintiff might prevail against non-diverse defendant in state court. Next, summary judgment against plaintiff was affirmed, as, contrary to plaintiff's argument, easement at issue unambiguously allowed for transportation of hydrogen.

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