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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

 FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

 v.

ABRAHAM BUENO-MERCADO,

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 14-10200

 14-10343

D.C. No. 4:13-cr-50085-JGZ

 4:13-cr-00930-JGZ

MEMORANDUM*

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of Arizona

Jennifer G. Zipps, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted August 25, 2015** 

Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges. 

In these consolidated appeals, Abraham Bueno-Mercado appeals the 37-

month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for reentry after

deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326; and the six-month consecutive

sentence imposed upon revocation of supervised release. We have jurisdiction

FILED

SEP 01 2015

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

 * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent

except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

 ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision

without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. 

In Appeal No. 14-10200, Bueno-Mercado challenges his revocation

sentence, arguing that the district court failed to consider his mitigation arguments,

failed to explain its sentence, and imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence. 

The record reflects that the district court considered Bueno-Mercado’s mitigation

arguments and sufficiently explained the sentence. See United States v. Carty, 520

F.3d 984, 992 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc). Moreover, the district court did not abuse

its discretion in imposing Bueno-Mercado’s sentence. See Gall v. United States,

552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). The sentence is reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C.

§ 3583(e) factors and the totality of the circumstances. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51. 

Accordingly, we affirm in Appeal No. 14-10200. 

The government argues that Appeal No. 14-10343 should be dismissed

based on an appeal waiver contained in the plea agreement. We review de novo

whether to enforce an appeal waiver. See United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974,

981 (9th Cir. 2009). Contrary to Bueno-Mercado’s contention, the record reflects

that the district court properly advised him of the terms of the appeal waiver when

it accepted his guilty plea. See id. at 987. Moreover, his sentence is not illegal

because Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), remains good

law. See Alleyne v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2151, 2160 n.1 (2013) (declining to

2 14-10200 & 14-10343
revisit Almendarez-Torres). Accordingly, we dismiss Appeal No. 14-10343 in

light of the valid appeal waiver. See Watson, 582 F.3d at 988. 

Appeal No. 14-10200 AFFIRMED.

Appeal No. 14-10343 DISMISSED.

3 14-10200 & 14-10343
§ 223.56 What transactions are exempt from the market-terms requirement of section 23B? The following transactions are exempt from the market-terms requirement of § 223.51. ( a ) *Purchases of certain asset-backed commercial paper.* Purchases of asset-backed commercial paper from an affiliated SEC-registered open-end investment company that holds itself out as a money market mutual fund under SEC Rule 2a-7 (17 CFR 270.2a-7), if the member bank: ( 1 ) Purchases the asset-backed commercial paper on or after September 19, 2008;
( 2 ) Pledges the asset-backed commercial paper to a Federal Reserve Bank to secure financing from the asset-backed commercial paper lending facility (AMLF) established by the Board on September 19, 2008; and
( 3 ) Has not been specifically informed by the Board, after consultation with the member bank's appropriate Federal banking agency, that the member bank may not use this exemption.
( b ) [Reserved]
[Reg. W, 74 FR 6228, Feb. 6, 2009]
# C_2012146EN.01000701.xml

| 24.5.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 146/7 |
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24.5.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 146/7

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Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))

2012/C 146/05

PART I

| Aid No | GBER 5/12/EMP |
| --- | --- |
| EFTA State | Norway |
| Granting authority | Name | The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration |
| Address | Postboks 5 St. Olavs plass |
| 0130 Oslo |
| NORWAY |

Aid No

GBER 5/12/EMP

EFTA State

Norway

Granting authority

Name

The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

Address

Postboks 5 St. Olavs plass

0130 Oslo

NORWAY

Webpage

http://www.nav.no

Title of the aid measure

(Forskrift om forsøk med tilretteleggingstilskudd for rekruttering av arbeidssøkere med nedsatt arbeidsevne)

National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication)

Regulation (EC) No 1362/2011

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/ad/ad-20111212-1362.html

Type of measure

Scheme

X

Duration

Scheme

From 1.1.2012 until 31.12.2013

Economic sector(s) concerned

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

X

Type of beneficiary

SME

X

Large enterprises

X

Budget

Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme

Approximately NOK 25 million

Aid instrument (Article 5)

Grant

X

PART II

| General objectives (list) | Objectives (list) | Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK | SME — bonuses in % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aid for disadvantaged and disabled workers (Articles 40-42) | Aid for the recruitment of disadvantaged workers in the form of wage subsidies (Article 40) | ... % | |
| Aid for the employment of disabled workers in the form of wage subsidies (Article 41) | ... % | |
| Aid for compensating the additional costs of employing disabled workers (Article 42) | Documented costs for adoption, for up to 12 weeks and maximum 36 weeks | |

General objectives (list)

Objectives (list)

Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK

SME — bonuses in %

Aid for disadvantaged and disabled workers (Articles 40-42)

Aid for the recruitment of disadvantaged workers in the form of wage subsidies (Article 40)

... %

Aid for the employment of disabled workers in the form of wage subsidies (Article 41)

... %

Aid for compensating the additional costs of employing disabled workers (Article 42)

Documented costs for adoption, for up to 12 weeks and maximum 36 weeks

---
§ 239.11 Subsidiary holding companies. ( a ) *Subsidiary holding companies.* A mutual holding company may establish a subsidiary holding company as a direct subsidiary to hold 100 percent of the stock of its subsidiary savings association. The formation and operation of the subsidiary holding company may not be utilized as a means to evade or frustrate the purposes of this part. The subsidiary holding company may be established either at the time of the initial mutual holding company reorganization or at a subsequent date, subject to the approval of the Board.
( b ) *Stock issuances.* §§ 239.24 and 239.25 apply to issuance of stock by a subsidiary holding company. In the case of a stock issuance by a subsidiary holding company, the aggregate amount of outstanding common stock of the association owned or controlled by persons other than the subsidiary holding company's mutual holding company parent at the close of the proposed issuance shall be less than 50 percent of the subsidiary holding company's total outstanding common stock.
( c ) *Charters and bylaws for subsidiary holding companies.* The charter and bylaws of a subsidiary holding company shall be in the form set forth in Appendices B and D, respectively.
Editorial Note on Part 225
Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 225 appear at 69 FR 77618, Dec. 28, 2004.

§ 225.90 What are the requirements for a foreign bank to be treated as a financial holding company? ( a ) *Foreign banks as financial holding companies.* A foreign bank that operates a branch or agency or owns or controls a commercial lending company in the United States, and any company that owns or controls such a foreign bank, will be treated as a financial holding company if: ( 1 ) The foreign bank, any other foreign bank that maintains a U.S. branch, agency, or commercial lending company and is controlled by the foreign bank or company, and any U.S. depository institution subsidiary that is owned or controlled by the foreign bank or company, is and remains well capitalized and well managed; and
( 2 ) The foreign bank, and any company that owns or controls the foreign bank, has made an effective election to be treated as a financial holding company under this subpart.
( b ) *Standards for “well capitalized.”* A foreign bank will be considered “well capitalized” if either: ( 1 ) ( i ) Its home country supervisor, as defined in § 211.21 of the Board's Regulation K (12 CFR 211.21), has adopted risk-based capital standards consistent with the Capital Accord of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Accord);
( ii ) The foreign bank maintains a Tier 1 capital to total risk-based assets ratio of 6 percent and a total capital to total risk-based assets ratio of 10 percent, as calculated under its home country standard; and
( iii ) The foreign bank's capital is comparable to the capital required for a U.S. bank owned by a financial holding company; or
( 2 ) The foreign bank has obtained a determination from the Board under § 225.91(c) that the foreign bank's capital is otherwise comparable to the capital that would be required of a U.S. bank owned by a financial holding company.
( c ) *Standards for “well managed.”* A foreign bank will be considered “well managed” if: ( 1 ) The foreign bank has received at least a satisfactory composite rating of its U.S. branch, agency, and commercial lending company operations at its most recent assessment;
( 2 ) The home country supervisor of the foreign bank consents to the foreign bank expanding its activities in the United States to include activities permissible for a financial holding company; and
( 3 ) The management of the foreign bank meets standards comparable to those required of a U.S. bank owned by a financial holding company.
* District Judge of the Eastern District of Louisiana, sitting

by designation.

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-40100

JOE R. STRINGER; DESIREE H. STRINGER,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

versus

CENDANT MORTGAGE CORPORATION,

doing business as PHH

Mortgage Services Corporation,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Texas

September 27, 2000

Before HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and DUP LANTIER *

, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

On December 22, 1999, we certified the controlling question in

this case to the Texas Supreme Court. 199 F.3d 190 (5th Cir.

1999). The question certified was:

Under t he Texas Constitution, may a home equity lender

require the borrower to pay off third-party debt that is

n ot secured by the homestead with the proceeds of the

loan?

The Texas Supreme Court answered the question in the

affirmative in a unanimous opinion filed June 8, 2000, in turn2

filed with this court on June 12, 2000. The Texas Supreme Court by

o rder of August 24, 2000, denied a motion for rehearing. That

order was f iled in this court on August 28, 2000. The posed

question having been answered by a final decision of the Texas

Supreme Court, the judgment of the United States Distri ct Court

dismissing the case is AFFIRMED.
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# STATEOFLOUISIANA



# COURTOFAPPEAL,FIRSTCIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA VERSUS ANDREW HARVEY, JR. In Re: Andrew Harvey,

21st Judicial No. 801966. Jr. , applying District Court, BEFORE: THERIOT, CHUTZ, AND HESTER, J~. NO. 2023 KW 0096 

### MARCH 13, 2023 for supervisory writs, Parish of Tangipahoa,

WRIT DENIED AS MOOT. The record of the Tangipahoa Parish Office of the Clerk of Court shows that on February 13, 2023, the district court acted on relator's application for postconviction relief, filed on December 2, 2022.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT

FOR THE COURT MRT WRC CHH
# C_2022179EN.01000201.xml

| 2.5.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 179/2 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

2.5.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 179/2

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Euro exchange rates (1)

29 April 2022

(2022/C 179/02)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,0540 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 137,01 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4415 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,83908 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 10,2958 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,0229 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 137,80 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,7525 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 24,605 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 378,71 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,6780 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,9479 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 15,6385 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,4699 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,3426 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,2703 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6119 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,4545 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 326,71 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 16,6473 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 6,9441 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,5667 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 15 301,52 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,5886 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 55,200 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | |
| THB | Thai baht | 36,026 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 5,1608 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 21,4181 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 80,6380 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,0540

JPY

Japanese yen

137,01

DKK

Danish krone

7,4415

GBP

Pound sterling

0,83908

SEK

Swedish krona

10,2958

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0229

ISK

Iceland króna

137,80

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,7525

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

24,605

HUF

Hungarian forint

378,71

PLN

Polish zloty

4,6780

RON

Romanian leu

4,9479

TRY

Turkish lira

15,6385

AUD

Australian dollar

1,4699

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,3426

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,2703

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6119

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,4545

KRW

South Korean won

1 326,71

ZAR

South African rand

16,6473

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

6,9441

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,5667

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

15 301,52

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,5886

PHP

Philippine peso

55,200

RUB

Russian rouble

THB

Thai baht

36,026

BRL

Brazilian real

5,1608

MXN

Mexican peso

21,4181

INR

Indian rupee

80,6380

---

(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases...Sanctioning Three Nicaraguan Judges Involved in Depriving Nicaraguans of Their Basic Right to Citizenship

# 									Sanctioning Three Nicaraguan Judges Involved in Depriving Nicaraguans of Their Basic Right to Citizenship							

Press Statement

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

April 19, 2023

The United States is taking further action to hold accountable perpetrators of the Nicaraguan regime’s repressive actions. The United States is imposing sanctions on the Nicaraguan judges who played a role in stripping over 300 Nicaraguans of their citizenship, leaving many of these individuals stateless.

The three Nicaraguan judges, Judge Nadia Camila Tardencilla Rodriguez, of the Second District Trial Court of Managua; Judge Ernesto Leonel Rodriguez Mejia, of the Managua Appeals Court; and Judge Octavio Ernesto Rothschuh Andino, of the First Criminal Appeal Court of Managua, are directly responsible for these actions.

We will continue to use available diplomatic and economic tools to promote accountability for the Ortega-Murillo regime’s abuses, reiterate our call for the immediate and unconditional release of Bishop Álvarez, and urge the restoration of civic space for the people of Nicaragua.

*The Department of the Treasury is imposing sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13851, which authorizes the imposition of sanctions of officials of the Government of Nicaragua.*

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HomeReportsBureau of Economic and Business Affairs2023 Fiscal Transparency Report…Guinea-Bissau

# 					2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Guinea-Bissau			

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## Government-by-Government Assessments: Guinea-Bissau

During the review period, the government made significant progress by making information on debt obligations, including major state-owned enterprise debt, publicly available within a reasonable period.

However, it did not make all budget documents publicly available within a reasonable period. The government maintained off-budget accounts not subject to audit or oversight. Budget documents provided a substantially full picture, including major sources of revenue and expenditure. Projected revenues and expenditures reasonably corresponded to those in the enacted budget. The government made public its military and intelligence budgets. The supreme audit institution did not meet international standards of independence and did not audit the entire annual executed budget, although the audits it did produce contained substantive findings. The government specified in law or regulation, but it was unclear whether it followed in practice the criteria and procedures for awarding natural resource extraction contracts and licenses. Basic information on natural resource extraction awards was not publicly available.

Guinea-Bissau’s fiscal transparency would be improved by:

- Making budget documents widely and easily accessible to the public;
- Subjecting off-budget accounts to adequate audit and oversight;
- Ensuring the supreme audit institution meets international standards of independence and publishes audit reports of the government’s executed budget;
- Following natural resource extraction laws and regulations in practice; and
- Making basic information on natural resource extraction contracts publicly available.

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