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Capitol Hill correspondent, covers legislative and political stories.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Quincetta Cargill's appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The court held that her notice of appeal was filed too late to invoke appellate review.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of Marco Uribe's motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. Section 3582(c)(1). The court held that the district court acted within its discretion by relying on the Section 3553(a) factors and Uribe's dangerousness, even though the government agreed he had shown extraordinary and compelling reasons.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a pro se complaint against a mortgage servicer under federal home-loan statutes. The court said the plaintiff's own filings showed he was not a party to the loan and therefore failed to state a claim under the cited provisions.
The Seventh Circuit vacated Frank Washington the Third's seventy-month felon-in-possession sentence on procedural grounds. The court held that the district court did not adequately explain why that sentence was appropriate under the defendant's individual circumstances.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed dismissal without prejudice of a pro se amended complaint as a shotgun pleading. The court also denied a motion to supplement the record and for judicial notice of an F.B.I. response letter.
The Seventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of Illinois wage claims over unpaid pre-shift COVID-19 screenings at Amazon warehouses. The court held that the Illinois Minimum Wage Law does not incorporate either the federal Portal-to-Portal Act's preliminary-activity exclusion or Amazon's proposed benefit-of-the-employer limitation.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed Francis Kerr's illegal-reentry conviction and sentence. The court rejected his claim that the district court's denial of a for-cause juror challenge deprived him of a fair trial.
The Seventh Circuit held that an Indiana child-molesting conviction qualifies as a prior state conviction "relating to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, or abusive sexual conduct involving a minor or ward" under 18 U.S.C. Section 2252A(b)(2), triggering the ten-year mandatory minimum for Schatz's federal child-pornography conviction.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the denial of Melvin Maxwell's suppression motion and upheld his sentence. The court held the traffic stop and trunk search were lawful and found no procedural error in the within-Guidelines sentence.
The Fifth Circuit vacated a district court dismissal of a habeas petition because the petitioner named the wrong respondent. The court held that the proper respondent in a habeas action must be the person who has actual custody over the petitioner.
