U.S. v. Desselle, 450 F.3d 179 (5th Cir. May 22, 2006) (Judge Jones)
In Re: Sealed Case, 449 F.3d 118 (D.C.Cir. May 23, 2006) (Judge Griffith)

Both of these cases dealt with the permissible scope of departures based on substantial assistance pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 and 18 U.S.C. § ...

The defendant in this drug case raised an interesting argument in support of his contention that the district court had erred in not allowing him to withdraw his guilty plea: he argued that the AUSA handling his case threatened to add two years to the sentence for each day that ...

Here a divided panel from the Eleventh Circuit denied asylum to a Colombian woman who gave admittedly credible evidence of numerous death threats against her by a Marxist paramilitary group, but who could not actually identify her potential shooters.

With decisions like this, it is no wonder that immigration law ...

This consolidated appeal involves two important electronic privacy challenges to the government’s ability to obtain secretly enormous amounts of data by using National Security Letters (NSLs). One of the key components of the PATRIOT Act was 18 U.S.C. § 2709, which gave the Government the right to use a type ...

After his conviction at trial on multiple drug and gun charges, the defendant, Paul Childs, appealed the denial of his motion to suppress evidence and his motion for a new trial or dismissal of the indictment. As is common in drug cases, the Government’s evidence against Childs was based in ...

Here, a divided panel from the Ninth Circuit vacated the marijuana conviction of the defendant who was prevented from calling a federal agent as a witness at trial because he failed to comply with the applicable agency regulations. Virtually all federal agencies have regulations governing the conditions under which their ...

U.S. v. Desselle, 450 F.3d 179 (5th Cir. May 22, 2006) (Judge Jones)
In Re: Sealed Case, 449 F.3d 118 (D.C.Cir. May 23, 2006) (Judge Griffith)

Both of these cases dealt with the permissible scope of departures based on substantial assistance pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 and 18 U.S.C. § ...

This case arose out of a warrantless search of a private home in Brigham City, UT in 2000, where an unruly house party was taking place. At about 3:00 a.m. four police officers responded to a call complaining about the noise. When they arrived at the house, the police officers ...