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Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
US v. Pineda, No. 08-3012
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Defendant's petition for rehearing the court of appeals' affirmance of his kidnapping conviction is denied where the prosecution presented, and the district court admitted over objection, evidence of crimes committed by a Colombian guerrilla group in which defendant played no role, but the admission of the evidence was harmless.
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Appellate Information
Argued September 24, 2009
Decided January 26, 2010
Judges
Opinion by Judge Ginsburg
