MELIA

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (21 total)

• United States v. Porter, 821 F.2d 968 (4th Cir. 1987)
  …is settled law in this circuit that the fact that several separate transactions share a common participant is insufficient to justify joinder for trial of multiple defendants. United States v. Chinchic, 655 F. 2d 547, 551 (4 Cir.1981), cert. denied 471 U.S. 1135, 105 S.Ct. 2674, 86 L.Ed.2d 693 (1985). See also United States v. Whitehead, 539 F. 2d 1023, 1025-26 (4 Cir.1976); Ingram v. United States, 272 F. 2d 567 (4 Cir.1959). If joinder was not proper, severance was mandatory. One of the charges against P…
• Sergeant Perry Watkins v. United States Army, 875 F.2d 699 (9th Cir. 1989)
  …— U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 66, 98 L.Ed.2d 30 (1987); Brown v. United States, 739 F. 2d 362, 366-67 (8th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 473 U.S. 904, 105 S.Ct. 3524, 87 L.Ed.2d 650 (1985); Martelon v. Temple, 747 F. 2d 1348, 1350-51 (10th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1135, 105 S.Ct. 2675, 86 L.Ed.2d 694 (1985). As Watkins' suit does not seek damages pursuant to section 1983, this case does not raise the question of whether obtaining such damages against state National Guard officers is inconsistent with the Chappell…
• United States v. Dickerson, 857 F.2d 414 (7th Cir. 1988)
  …Court has emphasized previously, “[wjhere the language and intent of the statute is clear, courts are without the authority to engage in any creative rewriting of a provision.” Reed v. United States, 743 F. 2d 481, 484 (7th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1135, 105 S.Ct. 2673, 86 L.Ed.2d 692 (1985). See also United States v. Mayo, 721 F. 2d 1084, 1093 (7th Cir.1983) (noting that judicial inquiry into legislative intent usually ends when the language of the statute is unambiguous). The appellant contend…