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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 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw counsel and dismissed an appeal filed by Carlos Alix Moreno Olivero. The court found no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review after reviewing the Anders brief filed by the appointed attorney.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal of a Federal Tort Claims Act claim. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's ruling that the plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by airline employees challenging pandemic-era vaccination and masking policies. The court held that the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over one defendant and that the plaintiffs failed to state valid claims against the other.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a federal sentence where the district court counted a state-expunged marijuana conviction toward the defendant's criminal history score. The court held that the expungement did not qualify for exclusion under the Sentencing Guidelines because it was not based on innocence or legal error.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from the Veterans Court due to lack of jurisdiction. The court held that the Veterans Court's remand order was not final and did not satisfy the conditions for immediate review.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Merit Systems Protection Board decision dismissing an appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The court held that a federal employee in the excepted service under Schedule A authority who is not a preference eligible remains subject to a two-year probationary period and lacks statutory appeal rights during that time.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Black Lung Benefits Act award. The court affirmed that an administrative law judge properly weighed conflicting medical evidence to find a miner totally disabled.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Darren Tramaine Jackson for methamphetamine distribution and conspiracy. The court rejected arguments regarding insufficient evidence and the admission of prior conviction evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence four zero four B.
The Fifth Circuit dismissed part of a tax fraud defendant's appeal for lack of jurisdiction and affirmed the remainder of his conviction and sentence. The court also dismissed a separate appeal regarding bail pending appeal as moot.
