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The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a challenge to an Arizona Supreme Court rule governing reciprocal bar admission. The panel held that the plaintiff's arguments were foreclosed by prior circuit precedent and that the pre-filing order against the attorney was appropriate.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court upheld an Immigration Judge's adverse credibility determination regarding the petitioners' asylum claim.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the sentence imposed on Marcius Haywood following his guilty plea to a drug offense. The court granted counsel's motion to withdraw after finding no non-frivolous issues for appeal.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted a motion to remand a Merit Systems Protection Board case for reconsideration. The court determined that allowing the agency to reconsider its previous position would preserve party and judicial resources.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court preliminary injunction regarding federal research grant terminations. The court held that plaintiffs had standing but lacked jurisdiction for claims based on form-letter terminations, while finding a likely First Amendment violation for terminations based on diversity viewpoints.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court judgment granting judgment as a matter of law of noninfringement in a patent dispute over commercial-skipping technology. The court held that the evidence did not support a finding that the defendants directly disabled navigation objects or contained required configuration identifiers within individual navigation objects as required by the patents.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court order dismissing state-law claims and deferring federal claims under the Pullman abstention doctrine. The panel held that the case involved sensitive land-use policy where a state-court ruling could resolve the controversy.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a casino and police department in a civil rights suit involving a trespassing seizure. The court held that casino personnel had probable cause to detain the plaintiff and that the officer had reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigative stop.
The Fifth Circuit granted a motion by the Federal Public Defender to withdraw from representing the defendant. The court dismissed the appeal after finding no nonfrivolous issues for review.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence found during a traffic stop. The court held that a large spiderweb crack across a vehicle's windshield provided probable cause to stop the driver under South Dakota law.
