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In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action challenging the constitutionality of California Penal Code section 1405, which allows for DNA testing of evidence after a defendant’s conviction, the district court’s… Continue reading about Morrison v. Peterson

In a criminal appeal, the district court’s denial of defendant’s motion for a reduction of sentence is vacated and remanded where defendant’s sentence, for distributing cocaine base in violation of… Continue reading about US v. Williams

In a prisoner action brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), alleging due process violations during the course of plaintiff prisoner’s disciplinary proceedings, the district… Continue reading about Frank v. Schultz

Conviction for possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. section 841(a)(1) is reversed and vacated where defendant’s use of a rental car, travel along a… Continue reading about US v. Williams, Jr.

In a defendant’s motion for sentence reduction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c), following an amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, the district court’s short form denial of the… Continue reading about US v. Zayas-Ortiz

Sentence for conviction of unlawful possession of a firearm is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in relying in part on the sentence’s supposed deterrent effect… Continue reading about US v. Paulino-Guzman

In consolidated criminal appeals, convictions of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, 21 U.S.C. section 846, attempt to collect a debt through extortionate means, 18 U.S.C. section 894(a), and possessing crack cocaine… Continue reading about US v. Dzhanikyan

In interlocutory appeals from a district court order that, among other things, compels a law firm to produce certain documents pertaining to a fraud allegedly committed by defendant in his… Continue reading about US v. Gorski