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Assistant Computer Systems Administrator – Miami

FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT ASSISTANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR MIAMI OFFICE The Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Computer Systems Administrator (ACSA) to be stationed in our Miami office. The Federal Public Defender, a branch of the United States Courts, an Equal [...]

2024-09-20T20:04:04+00:00septiembre 19th, 2024|

United States v. Gonzalez, No. 23-10578 (July 19, 2024)

In United States v. Gonzalez, No. 23-10578 (July 19, 2024) (Wilson, Luck, Lagoa), the Court affirmed Mr. Gonzalez’s conviction, in accordance with his guilty plea, for possessing stolen mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708. Mr. Gonzalez, based on a 911 complainant’s report and Miami-Dade police officers’ subsequent observations, was arrested for loitering and prowling—a misdemeanor [...]

2024-08-01T20:19:37+00:00agosto 1st, 2024|

United States v. Steiger, No. 22-10742 (July 16, 2024)

In United States v. Steiger, No. 22-10742 (July 16, 2024) (CJ Pryor, J. Pryor, Coogler of N.D. Ala.), the Court (on remand from the en banc Court) affirmed Mr. Steiger’s twenty-year-prison sentence, which the district court imposed upon revoking Mr. Steiger’s original sentence of probation for four wire-fraud-related convictions. The revocation stemmed from Mr. Steiger's intervening state-court [...]

2024-07-31T21:34:04+00:00julio 31st, 2024|

United States v. Buselli, No. 23-10272 (July 11, 2024)

In United States v. Buselli, No. 23-10272 (July 11, 2024) (Jordan, Lagoa, Hull), the Court affirmed Ms. Buselli’s convictions for murder for hire and making false statements to a federal agent, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1958(a) and 1001(a), respectively. The murder-for-hire plot was intended for Ms. Buselli’s ex-boyfriend or some other third party to murder Ms. [...]

2024-07-31T14:06:30+00:00julio 31st, 2024|

United States v. Hernandez, No. 22-13311 (July 8, 2024)

In United States v. Hernandez, No. 22-13311 (July 8, 2024) (Rosenbaum, Newsom, Luck), the Court affirmed Mr. Hernandez’s sentence for several 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) convictions, among other offenses on the same indictment. Although Mr. Hernandez’s original sentence was pronounced before the First Step Act’s passage, it was judicially vacated after such passage. He therefore argued—and the government [...]

2024-07-29T20:58:15+00:00julio 29th, 2024|

United States v. Wright, No. 22-12338 (Mar. 19, 2024)

In United States v. Wright, No. 22-12338 (Mar. 19, 2024) (Branch, Grant, Carnes), the Court affirmed Mr. Wright’s conviction, pursuant to a plea agreement, for producing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) and (e). Mr. Wright argued that § 2251(a) required proof that the minor in question had volitionally participated in the sexually [...]

2024-05-01T13:17:31+00:00mayo 1st, 2024|

United States v. Gbenedio, No. 22-12044 (Mar. 6, 2024)

In United States v. Gbenedio, No. 22-12044 (Mar. 6, 2024) (CJ Pryor, Rosenbaum, Abudu), the Court affirmed Mr. Gbenedio’s convictions and sentence for unlawful drug dispensing. The charges were based on allegations that Mr. Gbenedio, a licensed pharmacists, had operated his business as a “pill mill.” The Court addressed six issues: First, the district court [...]

2024-05-01T13:16:38+00:00mayo 1st, 2024|

United States v. Boone, No. 22-11153 (Apr. 9, 2024)

In United States v. Boone, No. 22-11153 (Apr. 9, 2024) (Jordan, Lagoa, Hull), the Court affirmed Mr. Boone's 840-month sentence. Mr. Boone pleaded guilty to using a minor to produce child pornography, and distributing and possessing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252A.  The PSR recommended applying a five-level increase pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.5(b) [...]

2024-04-10T21:28:02+00:00abril 10th, 2024|

United States v. Handlon, No. 22-13699 (Apr. 3, 2024)

In United States v. Handlon, No. 22-13699 (Apr. 3, 2024) (Rosenbaum, Grant, Ed Carnes) (per curiam), the Court affirmed the denial of a motion for compassionate release. Mr. Handlon moved for compassionate release, contending that his eighty-five-year-old father had severe medical issues and needed help.  He requested that he be released to spend what time he had [...]

2024-04-09T14:38:31+00:00abril 9th, 2024|

United States v. Al Jaberi, No. 22-12852 (Apr. 5, 2024)

In United States v. Al Jaberi, No. 22-12852 (Apr. 5, 2024) (Lagoa, Brasher, Tjoflat), the Court affirmed Mr. Al Jaberi's convictions and sentences. Mr. Al Jaberi was found guilty of smuggling in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 554(a) by willfully and knowingly attempting to export nine firearms from the United States, contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 922(e) and [...]

2024-04-09T14:36:58+00:00abril 9th, 2024|
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