ALVARADO-LINARES v. UNITED STATES

No. 19-14994.

44 F.4th 1334 (2022)

Miguel ALVARADO-LINARES, a.k.a. Joker, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: August 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Wesley Bryant , W. Matthew Dodge , Stephanie A. Kearns , Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Paul Jones , Gabriel Adam Mendel , J. Elizabeth McBath , William Gavin Traynor , U.S. Attorney Service-Northern District of Georgia, U.S. Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before Newsom, Branch, and Brasher, Circuit Judges.


This appeal presents a simple question with a surprisingly complicated answer: are murder and attempted murder crimes of violence?

Miguel Alvarado-Linares participated in several shootings as a member of MS-13, a violent gang. He was convicted of one count of conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations...

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