Decisions

L.B., By and Through his Guardian Ad Litem ROBIN MORRISEY v. SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling that held a school district had no duty to offer a free appropriate public education because parents requested an IEP meeting rather than an IEP document. The panel clarified that the purpose of an IEP meeting is to develop and offer an IEP, making the specific terminology used by parents irrelevant to the district's obligation.

ALEX EL BACHIRI v. MEDICREDIT, INC MD NOW MEDICAL CENTERS, INC doing business as MD Now Urgant Care

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a consumer debt collection lawsuit for lack of Article III standing. The court held that the plaintiff's claims of emotional distress, wasted time, and speculative credit reporting impacts were too conjectural to establish a concrete injury.

Jones v. City of North Las Vegas

The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of qualified immunity to police officers who entered a residential backyard without a warrant after losing track of a fleeing suspect for eighteen minutes. The court held that the continuity of the hot pursuit exception was broken, rendering the warrantless search unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.

United States of America Plaintiff— v. Luis Alfredo Lezama-Ramirez Defendant—

Climate United Fund v. Citibank, N.A.

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a district court injunction and remanded the case for further proceedings. The court issued a per curiam judgment accompanied by a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

JOSUE ROMAN SANCHEZ v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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.

STEPHEN MCCARTHY, P.A v. UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

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.

Uzamere v. Trump

The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a complaint filed against the President, ruling that the pleading failed to provide fair notice of the claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a). The court further held that the district court properly declined to grant leave to amend sua sponte because the appellant identified no viable amendments that would entitle her to relief.

HECTOR MANUEL CERVANTES- TORRES v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a writ of error coram nobis for a petitioner convicted of possessing a firearm as an alien unlawfully present. The court held that the failure to give a Rehaif instruction was not fundamental error because the evidence of the petitioner's knowledge of his status was overwhelming.

Roake v. Brumley

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking a Louisiana statute requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments. The court held that the statute violates the Establishment Clause and that the plaintiffs have standing to challenge it.