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Mar 27 2026
1st Cir. 25-1131 Panel Decision

LUCIA URIZAR-MOTA; SERGIO REYES v. UNITED STATES

The First Circuit affirmed negligence findings and damages for medical expenses and pain but reversed the homemaker loss award and the loss-of-consortium award for family members. The court held that the family members failed to exhaust administrative remedies and that the district court applied an impermissible rigid rule rather than a case-specific inquiry for homemaker damages.

Compassionate Release Criminal
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Mar 27 2026
5th Cir. 25-30113 Per Curiam

United States v. Brown

The Fifth Circuit affirmed Elijah Brown's bank fraud sentence while vacating and remanding the restitution order for recalculation. The court rejected challenges to the vulnerable victim and role enhancement adjustments, finding the district court's application of the Sentencing Guidelines plausible and supported by the record.

Criminal Fraud Sentencing Guidelines Supervised Release
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Mar 27 2026
5th Cir. 25-40605 Per Curiam

United States v. Martinez-Meza

The Fifth Circuit granted the Federal Public Defender's motion to withdraw from representing the defendant after reviewing the record. The court dismissed the appeal, finding no nonfrivolous issues existed for appellate review.

Anders Brief Criminal
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Mar 27 2026
5th Cir. 24-30730 Panel Decision

United States of America Plaintiff— v. Marshall Grace Defendant—

The Fifth Circuit affirmed Marshall Grace's conviction for drug conspiracy, ruling that he failed to prove purposeful racial discrimination under Batson v. Kentucky. The court held that the district court's assessment of the prosecutor's credibility regarding a race-neutral reason for striking a juror was not clearly erroneous.

Criminal Drug Trafficking Fourteenth Amendment - Equal Protection
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Mar 27 2026
11th Cir. 1:23-cr-20185-CMA-2 Per Curiam

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ANGEL LUVI-RAMIREZ

The Eleventh Circuit granted the government's motion for summary affirmance, rejecting challenges to the defendants' convictions under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. The court held that the United States properly exercised jurisdiction over a vessel without nationality in international waters, even when located within another nation's exclusive economic zone.

Criminal Drug Trafficking
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Mar 27 2026
5th Cir. 25-50552 Per Curiam

United States v. White

The Fifth Circuit granted appointed counsel's motion to withdraw and dismissed the appeal after reviewing the record. The court found no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review under the standard established in Anders v. California.

Anders Brief Criminal
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Mar 26 2026
10th Cir. 4:24-CR-00397-GKF-2) Panel Decision

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MARCOS JAVIER SUAZO-MANCILLA

The Tenth Circuit enforced a defendant's appeal waiver contained in his plea agreement after he failed to file a response despite multiple extensions. The court determined that the appeal fell within the waiver's scope, the waiver was knowingly and voluntarily made, and enforcing it would not result in a miscarriage of justice.

Criminal Drug Trafficking
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Mar 26 2026
4th Cir. 24-4298 Per Curiam

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ANTHONY P. SPENCER

The Fourth Circuit affirmed the revocation of Anthony P. Spencer's supervised release, ruling that certified state court documents were sufficient evidence of a violation even without a separate determination of guilt. The court held that Spencer failed to preserve his objection to the evidence, triggering a plain error standard that he could not meet.

Criminal Firearms Plain Error Review
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