• United States of America v. Jermaine Curtis

    Publication Date: 2011-07-15
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    Date Filed: 2011-07-13
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-2450

    ARGUED APRIL 13, 2011Before POSNER, WOOD, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Appellant Jermaine Curtis was indicted on May 19, 2009, on two counts of distributing mixtures containing cocaine base

  • United States v. Billups

    Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-29
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-2037

    ARGUED APRIL 3, 2008Before FLAUM, MANION, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.BrianBillups was convicted of a drug crime and sentenced as a career offender under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1(a), based in part o

  • United States v. Knox

    Publication Date: 2008-09-05
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-02
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-2552

    ARGUED MAY 9, 2008Before FLAUM, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Appellant Prince Solomon Knox entered the United States as part of a refugee resettlement program. He was later indicted and con

  • Simila v. Astrue

    Publication Date: 2009-07-27
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    Date Filed: 2009-07-22
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-3682

    ARGUED MAY 29, 2008Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Once a strapping construction laborer, Kevin Simila claims that a mysterious pain disorder has withered his physical prowess

  • United States v. Simmons

    Publication Date: 2009-09-16
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    Date Filed: 2009-09-11
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-2207

    ARGUED FEBRUARY 25, 2009Before FLAUM, WILLIAMS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Alan Simmons was convicted on three federal charges: conspiracy, armed bank robbery, and use of a firearm during a crim