Correspondent
Breaking news correspondent, covers late-night developments and emergency rulings.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal of a pro se plaintiff's lawsuit against major media companies. The court held that the plaintiff's allegations were wholly insubstantial and frivolous, depriving the federal court of subject matter jurisdiction.
The Sixth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the denial of cancellation of removal for an undocumented immigrant. The court held that the petitioner failed to prove that his removal would cause exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to his citizen children.
The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court dismissal of a class action alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The panel held that unsolicited calls and texts soliciting real estate brokerage services qualify as telephone solicitations under the statute.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court found substantial evidence supported the agency's conclusion that the petitioner failed to establish a nexus between protected grounds and the harm she faced.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's determination that California's meal and rest break rules for commercial drivers are preempted by federal law. The court held that the agency acted within its statutory authority and did not act arbitrarily in finding the state rules imposed an unreasonable burden on interstate commerce.
The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court held that the Board did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the appeal due to a late-filed brief and an insufficient notice of appeal.
The Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal challenging the U.S. Forest Service's lethal removal of feral cattle from the Gila National Forest. The court ruled the case moot because the agency withdrew the challenged decision memo and ceased using lethal methods.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a summary judgment ruling in a premises liability case involving a defective garden cart. The court held that the plaintiffs failed to provide sufficient temporal evidence to establish the store's constructive knowledge of the hazard.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying asylum. The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate prejudice from an Immigration Judge's adverse credibility determination based on a cold transcript.
The Ninth Circuit imposed sanctions on two attorneys for filing briefs containing fabricated cases and misattributed quotations resulting from generative AI hallucinations, compounded by a failure to disclose the true source of the errors.
