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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
TRONTEZ MAHAFFEY,
Defendant-Appellant. |
No. 19-6061 |
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Covington.
No. 2:17-cr-00054-1—David L. Bunning, District Judge.
Argued: December 4, 2020
Decided and Filed: December 18, 2020
Before: SILER, CLAY, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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For nearly twenty years, our circuit has held that a drug-trafficking conviction under
21 U.S.C. § 841 does not require proof that the defendant knew the type or quantity of controlled
substance involved in the offense. See United States v. Hamm, 952 F.3d 728, 739 (6th Cir.
2020); United States v. Dado, 759 F.3d 550, 569–71 (6th Cir. 2014); United States v. Villarce,
323 F.3d 435, 439 (6th Cir. 2003); United States v. Garcia, 252 F.3d 838, 844 (6th Cir. 2001).
In this appeal, the sole issue is whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Rehaif v. United States,
139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), abrogated our precedent. We hold that it did not. |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
MICHAEL JEROME HENRY,
Defendant-Appellant. |
No. 19-2445 |
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 2:11-cr-20233-1—Robert H. Cleland, District Judge.
Argued: October 20, 2020
Decided and Filed: December 18, 2020
Before: MERRITT, MOORE, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. This is Defendant Michael Jerome Henry’s third
time before the court. On this occasion, Henry appeals the district court’s order finding that First
Step Act § 403 did not apply to his resentencing. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we
REVERSE the district court’s order holding the First Step Act is not applicable to Henry and
REMAND for resentencing in accordance with First Step Act § 403. |
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LYNNE DONOVAN,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
FIRSTCREDIT, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee. |
No. 20-3485 |
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Ohio at Columbus.
No. 2:19-cv-03006—Michael H. Watson, District Judge.
Argued: December 4, 2020
Decided and Filed: December 18, 2020
Before: MOORE, COOK, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Lynne Donovan appeals from a
judgment entered against her after the district court granted Defendant FirstCredit, Inc.’s
(“FirstCredit”) motion for judgment on the pleadings. The central issue is whether Donovan’s
allegations—concerning a letter that FirstCredit sent to Donovan regarding a purported medical
debt—are sufficient to state a claim for relief under 15 U.S.C. § 1692f(8), a provision of the Fair
Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) that limits the language and symbols that debt
collectors may employ on an envelope when communicating with a consumer by mail. The
district court determined that FirstCredit’s letter did not run afoul of § 1692f(8) and accordingly
granted judgment on the pleadings in favor of FirstCredit. We disagree, and so we REVERSE
the judgment of the district court and REMAND for further proceedings. |
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