Plea & Sentencing – Jury Instructions
Federal law prohibits the possession of firearms by certain categories of individuals, including by those who have been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison.
Statutory Interpretation – First Step Act – Mandatory Minimum Penalty
In 1986, Congress established mandatory-minimum penalties for cocaine offenses.
Statutory Interpretation – Armed Career Criminal Act – Violent Felony
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U. S. C. §924(e), mandates a 15-year minimum sentence for persons found guilty of illegally possessing a gun who have three or more prior convictions for a “violent felony.”
Immigration – Temporary Protected Status
Petitioner Jose Santos Sanchez entered this country unlawfully from El Salvador.
Statutory Interpretation – Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 – Exceeds Authorized Access
Nathan Van Buren, a former police sergeant, ran a license-plate search in a law enforcement computer database in exchange for money.
Immigration – Asylum
The question comes to us in cases involving Cesar Alcaraz-Enriquez and Ming Dai. Mr. Alcaraz-Enriquez is a Mexican national.
Sovereign Authority – Detain and Search Non-Indians
The question presented is whether an Indian tribe’s police officer has authority to detain temporarily and to search a non-Indian on a public right-of-way that runs through an Indian reservation.
Immigration – Stop-time Rule
Anyone who has applied for a passport, filed for Social Security benefits, or sought a license understands the government’s affinity for forms.
Writ of Certiorari
In 2009, an Alaska jury convicted Sean Wright of 13 counts of sexual abuse of a minor.
Sentencing Guidelines – Abuse of Discretion
Under Miller v. Alabama, 567 U. S. 460 (2012), an individual who commits a homicide when he or she is under 18 may be sentenced to life without parole, but only if the sentence is not mandatory and the sentencer therefore has discretion to impose a lesser punishment.
ALJ Error – Disability Benefits
When the Social Security Administration (SSA) denies a claim for disability benefits, a claimant who wishes to contest that decision in federal court must first seek a hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ).
Federal Trade Commission Act – Restitution
Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act authorizes the Commission to obtain, “in proper cases,” a “permanent injunction” in federal court against “any person, partnership, or corporation” that it believes “is violating, or is about to violate, any provision of law” that the Commission enforces. 87 Stat. 592, 15 U. S. C. §53(b).
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