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The Ninth Circuit vacated a district court order remanding a case to state court due to an incorrect calculation of the amount in controversy. The appellate court held that the district court erred by excluding civil penalties and attorneys' fees from the jurisdictional threshold without providing the defendant a fair opportunity to prove the amount.
The Ninth Circuit vacated a district court order remanding a civil case to state court due to an insufficient amount in controversy. The appellate court held that the district court erred by excluding civil penalties and attorneys' fees from the jurisdictional threshold calculation without providing the defendant a fair opportunity to prove the amount.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court decision upholding an Administrative Law Judge's denial of supplemental security income benefits. The panel held that substantial evidence supported the ALJ's assessment of the claimant's residual functional capacity and medical opinions.
The Seventh Circuit vacated a dismissal of a biometric privacy lawsuit against a glasses manufacturer. The court held that the district court erred in accepting the defendant's medical claims as undisputed facts at the pleading stage.
The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review and remanded an immigration case where the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed an Immigration Judge's decision. The court found the Immigration Judge abused its discretion by pretermitting applications for asylum and related relief without providing adequate notice of biometrics obligations.
The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review and remanded the case to the Board of Immigration Appeals. The court found that the Immigration Judge abused its discretion by pretermitting asylum applications without providing adequate notice regarding biometrics obligations.
The Eighth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an appeal from an immigration judge's decision. The court found the petitioner failed to meaningfully challenge the agency's determination that he lacked good moral character.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling regarding an Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policy. The court held that the insurer could exercise its right to defend a claim before the insured exhausted the self-insured retention amount.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed in part and dismissed the remainder of an appeal by a defendant challenging his firearm and drug sentence. The court held that an enforceable appeal waiver barred most arguments, while ineffective assistance claims must be raised in a separate motion.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated its prior opinion and dismissed the appeal following a joint stipulation of dismissal filed by the parties. The court ordered that each party bear its own fees and costs.
