• United States of America v. Viggens Guerrier

    Publication Date: 2012-01-02
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    Date Filed: 2011-12-22
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Thompson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-2315

    Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Torruella and Thompson, Circuit Judges.PrefaceAround midnight on a January evening in 2009, Viggens Guerrier and Christian German ducked into a crack house at 37

  • Richard Shuman v. Luis Spencer,Superintendent

    Publication Date: 2011-02-27
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-23
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Thompson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-2459

    Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Howard and Thompson, Circuit Judges.In August of 1997, Richard Shuman gunned down two business associates and was later convicted of first degree murder. At trial, Shuman

  • United States of America v. Stiven F. Polanco

    Publication Date: 2011-02-13
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-09
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Thompson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-2517

    Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Selya and Thompson, Circuit Judges.THOMPSON, Circuit Judge. A federal grand jury indicted Stiven Polanco on heroin-trafficking and firearm charges. After the district jud

  • United States of America v. Darius Manor

    Publication Date: 2011-01-30
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-25
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Thompson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-2133

    Before Lipez, Selya, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.A melee at the movies led to Darius Manor's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

  • Sylvio Baltodano v. Merck, Sharp & Dohme (I.A

    Publication Date: 2011-03-06
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    Date Filed: 2011-03-03
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Thompson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-2027

    Before Lipez, Leval,*fn1 and Thompson, Circuit Judges.THOMPSON, Circuit Judge. Sylvio Baltodano says he was unjustly fired for minor infractions as a pretense for

  • United States of America v. Imartha Vixamar

    Publication Date: 2012-05-14
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    Date Filed: 2012-05-11
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Thompson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 11-1217, No. 11-1251

    Before Boudin, Lipez, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.OverviewImartha Vixamar and Mary Saintfleur think the district judge got it all wrong when he revoked their probation and resentenced the

  • Raiche v. Pietroski

    Publication Date: 2010-10-31
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-25
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Thompson, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 09-1910

    Before Thompson, Selya, and Dyk,*fn1 Circuit Judges.Officer Jamie Pietroski suffered a late-night lapse in judgment and forcibly removed a compliant Matthew Raiche

  • In Re: Luis G. V_zquez Laboy; Carmen D. Garc_a v. Doral Mortgage Corporation; Doral Financial

    Publication Date: 2011-06-04
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    Date Filed: 2011-05-27
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Thompson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-9022

    Before Torruella, Lipez, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.THOMPSON, Circuit Judge. Debtors Luis V_zquez Laboy and Carmen Garc_a Calder_n claim they were unconstitutionally deprived of a hearing o

  • Iv_n Gonz_lez-Cancel; Jos_ Barbosa v. Partido Nuevo Progresista; Comisi_n Estatal Da

    Publication Date: 2012-10-08
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    Date Filed: 2012-10-02
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Thompson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 12-1243

    Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Lipez and Thompson, Circuit Judges.Appellant Iv_n Gonz_lez-Cancel aspired to run for Governor of Puerto Rico as Partido Nuevo Progresista's ("PNP") candidate in the

  • Maria Ayala v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General

    Publication Date: 2012-07-02
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    Date Filed: 2012-06-27
    Court: 1st Cir.
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    Case Number: 11-1737

    PETITION FOR REVIEW OF AN ORDER OF THE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALSBefore Lynch, Chief Judge, Selya and Thompson, Circuit Judges.Maria Ayala, a Guatemalan native, petitions for review of a