Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a federal sentence requiring mandatory consecutive terms for firearm offenses under Section nine hundred twenty-four of Title eighteen. The court held that the district court properly clarified an ambiguity in the oral sentencing order to comply with statutory mandates.
The Sixth Circuit vacated a substantially below-Guidelines sentence for a defendant who traveled to Syria to fight for ISIS. The court held that the district court erred by minimizing the seriousness of the defendant's conduct and relying too heavily on national sentencing statistics.
The Sixth Circuit vacated a terrorism defendant's sentence, ruling it was substantively unreasonable. The court held that the district court erred by minimizing the brutality of ISIS and relying too heavily on national sentencing statistics.
The Sixth Circuit reversed a district court ruling that denied qualified immunity to jail officials in a death-in-custody case. The court held that the pretrial detainee's medical needs were not obvious to a layperson, so the officials did not violate clearly established law.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a summary judgment ruling in a premises-liability case where a plaintiff slipped on oil in a parking lot. The court held that the plaintiff's self-contradictory testimony failed to create a genuine dispute of material fact regarding whether the store had notice of the hazard.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed district court judgments granting habeas corpus petitions filed by noncitizens detained in the interior of the United States. The court held that the mandatory detention scheme under Section twelve hundred twenty-five, subsection B, paragraph two, subparagraph A does not apply to noncitizens who did not affirmatively seek admission.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed district court rulings that the government unlawfully detained noncitizens under a mandatory detention statute. The court held that the statute requiring mandatory detention applies only to noncitizens actively seeking admission, not those already in the interior.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed district court rulings that the government unlawfully detained noncitizens under a mandatory detention statute. The court held that the statute requiring mandatory detention applies only to those actively seeking admission, not to those already in the interior.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed district court rulings that the government unlawfully detained noncitizens under a mandatory detention statute. The court held that the statute applies only to those actively seeking admission, not to individuals already in the interior who entered without inspection.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Sean Christopher Williams for manufacturing child pornography. The court rejected Williams's challenges regarding the admission of prior bad acts evidence, the sufficiency of evidence for interstate commerce, and the length of his within-Guidelines sentence.