For nearly ten years, plaintiff Russian Media Group, LLC has battled in court with defendant Shai Harmelech and his companies, charging that Harmelech pirated Russian-language satellite television programming to enable him to compete unfairly against RMG’s legitimate business. The district court f...   MORE>>

The Government indicted Timothy Lee York (York) on three counts: arson in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(f)(1) (count one); carrying a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(b) (count two); and possession of a firearm not registered in the National Fi...   MORE>>

Petitioners Jorge Ramos Cervantes, Paola Ramos Cervantes, and Daniel Ramos Cervantes, who are siblings, seek appellate review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the "BIA"), which rejected their attempt to forestall removal from the United States by obtaining temporary protected st...   MORE>>

Clifton Terelle McNeill appeals from the sentence imposed after he was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession with intent to distribute approximately 3.1 grams of crack cocaine. See 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 922(g)(1) (West 2000); 21 U.S.C.A. § 841(a)(1) (West 2000). We affirm...   MORE>>

The United States Government appeals the order of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granting in part motions to suppress evidence in favor of Defendants Joseph Doebley, Michael Doebley and Edward Stearn. In its memorandum and order, the District Court suppressed evidence se...   MORE>>

Jesus Antonio Molina (“defendant”) appeals the district court’s admission of hearsay statements pursuant to a stipultion and the denial of his request for an adjustment for acceptance of responsibility pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1(a). On March 7, 2008, the defendant was arrested and charged w...   MORE>>

Edward Brown was convicted by a jury of bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344, and passing fictitious financial instruments, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 514, for trying to deposit two fictitious “bills of exchange” in his account at a federal credit union. He appeals on the ground the d...   MORE>>

Holger-Helmut Brummer appeals the district court’s order that he forfeit two firearms and six rounds of ammunition pursuant to his conviction of knowingly and willfully failing to declare firearms to a common carrier in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(e). Specifically, Brummer argues that the forfei...   MORE>>

This case arises out of two contracts for the supply and installation of windows and doors for a hotel construction project on the island of Saint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles. PVC Windoors, Inc. sued the parties with whom it contracted and others for breach of contract and fraud in an effort...   MORE>>

In this appeal we interpret the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”), 42 U.S.C. § 16901 et seq., which requires that a sex offender register in each jurisdiction in which the offender resides, works, or studies. A “sex offender” is one who has been convicted of a “sex ...   MORE>>