Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
The Third Circuit affirmed the Tax Court's summary judgment in favor of the IRS regarding unpaid taxes and frivolous return penalties. The court held that the appellant forfeited his claims by failing to present relevant arguments challenging the underlying collection actions.
The Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Joseph Pilchesky's federal lawsuit challenging his state conviction for the unauthorized practice of law. The court held that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred federal review because Pilchesky was essentially asking a federal court to reject a final state court judgment.
The Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Edwin Leon's tort claims against former colleagues, ruling that a prior Delaware state court judgment precluded re-litigation of the underlying facts. The court held that the state court's findings that Leon physically and verbally abused Goodman barred his federal allegations of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The Third Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an Indian national's claims for withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture protection. The court found the petitioner failed to provide substantial evidence that he faced a clear probability of persecution or torture in India based on religion, political opinion, or mental health.
The Third Circuit summarily affirmed the district court's denial of a motion for judicial recusal and a request for a sentencing reduction. The appellate court held that the appellant's filings were incoherent and failed to meet the legal criteria for either relief.
The Third Circuit dismissed in part and denied in part Josue Roman Sanchez's petition for review of BIA decisions regarding asylum and removal relief. The court held that Sanchez waived his asylum-related claims by failing to exhaust them and lacked a meritorious legal issue regarding the denial of his cancellation of removal application.
The Third Circuit denied a physician assistant's petition to overturn the DEA's revocation of his registration for issuing controlled substances without proper supervision. The court held that the petitioner failed to prove that any alleged constitutional flaws in the Administrative Law Judge's removal protections caused his injury and found the revocation decision was neither arbitrary nor capricious.
The Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a medical malpractice suit because the plaintiff failed to file a required affidavit of merit under Delaware law. The court held that this state statute is substantive under the Erie doctrine and does not conflict with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
The Third Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Elmagin's post-trial motions, upholding a jury verdict that found trade secrets existed but were not misappropriated. The court also confirmed that attorneys' fees claims in trade secret cases are matters for the judge, not a jury.
The Third Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of post-trial motions in a trade secret dispute, upholding a jury verdict that found the strategies were trade secrets but not misappropriated. The court also rejected a request for a jury trial on the issue of attorney's fees, ruling that such determinations are matters of law for the judge.