UNITED STATES v. STOWERS

No. 18-12569, No. 18-15289, No. 18-14958, No. 18-14967, No. 19-10703, No. 19-10704, No. 19-10804, No. 19-10805, No. 19-12657, No. 19-13566.

32 F.4th 1054 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mario Demitric STOWERS, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Sanchez, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thurston Chadrick Martin, a.k.a. Thurston Chadwick Martin, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonardo Steeples, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Horace Mayfield, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Horace Mayfield, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gustavo Melendez, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephens Edwin Ivester, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marvin Junior Teasley, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathan Antonio Howard, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: April 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn Cain Burch , Christopher Conrad Bly , Jane Elizabeth McBath , Lawrence R. Sommerfeld , U.S. Attorney Service — Northern District of Georgia, Jennifer Whitfield , U.S. Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, William Louis McKinnon, Jr. , Law Office of William L. McKinnon, Jr., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 18-12569.

Steven Berne , Atlanta, GA, Matthew Kyle Winchester , Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Mario Demitric Stowers.

Carolyn Cain Burch , Jane Elizabeth McBath , Lawrence R. Sommerfeld , U.S. Attorney Service — Northern District of Georgia, U.S. Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, William Louis McKinnon, Jr. , Law Office of William L. McKinnon, Jr., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee in Nos. 18-12569, 18-12569, 18-14967, 19-10703, 19-10704, 19-10804, 19-10805, 19-12657, 19-13566.

Gregory Wayne Lancaster , Buford, GA, Donn Peevy , The Peevy Firm, PC, Lawrenceville, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Carlos Sanchez.

Jay L. Strongwater , Strongwater & Associates, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Thurston Chadrick Martin.

Bruce Steven Harvey , Law Office of Bruce Harvey, Atlanta, GA, Sam Sliger , McDonald & Cody, LLC, Alto, GA, Leonardo Steeples , FCI Edgefield — Inmate Legal Mail, Edgefield, SC, for Defendant-Appellant Leonardo Steeples.

Samuel Fenn Little, Jr. , S. Fenn Little, Jr., PC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Horace Mayfield.

Robert Alan Glickman , Attorney at Law, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Gustavo Melendez.

Jeffrey Lyn Ertel , Stephanie A. Kearns , Caitlyn Virginia Wade , Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Stephens Edwin Ivester.

Robert Howard Citronberg , Attorney, Law Office of Robert Citronberg, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Marvin Junior Teasley.

L. Burton Finlayson , Law Office of L. Burton Finlayson, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Nathan Antonio Howard.

Before Jordan, Brasher, and Anderson, Circuit Judges.


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