Ruvalcava-Perez, No. 08-2582 Sentence for drug possession and illegal reentry after deportation is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not abuse its discretion in departing upward from the advisory guideline range based on its finding that defendant's criminal history category substantially underrepresented the seriousness of his criminal history and risk of recidivism; and 2) the sentence was not unreasonable. [read post]

McKee, No. 07-1247 Denial of a habeas petition from convictions for felony murder and carrying a firearm during the commission of a felony is affirmed where state court decisions were neither contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of, Supreme Court precedent, in denying claims that: 1) petitioner's confession was involuntary; 2) a Miranda waiver was not knowing or intelligent; and 3) the admission of certain non-testimonial hearsay statements violated the Confrontation Clause. [read post]

(Incumbent)Lesperance, Lisa V.And, finally, the two sitting judges who have yet to file for re-election are:016 Figarola, Rosa C.030 Miranda, CristinaMany questions will be answered in the next few months:Will Judge Ivan Fernandez decide not to run for re-election simply because one or two of the readers of this blog continue to confuse him with Ivan Hernandez? [read post]