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The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of qualified immunity for police officers in a First Amendment retaliation case involving a domestic violence scene.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal regarding the patentability of claims in U.S. Patent No. 11,208,029. The court found the appeal moot because it had already affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision on the same patent in a related case.
The Ninth Circuit granted in part, denied in part, and remanded a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court found substantial evidence did not support the agency's conclusion that a Salvadoran petitioner's paraplegia was not a reason for his fear of future harm.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's sentence for illegal reentry and supervised release revocation. The court found no plain error in the sentencing calculations, the name used in the revocation order, or the classification of the defendant's prior robbery as an aggravated felony.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court order dismissing a civil rights complaint for failure to prosecute. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion in the lower court's decision.
The Eleventh Circuit granted the government's motion to dismiss an appeal filed by Steven Andrew Holguin. The court held that Holguin's valid sentence-appeal waiver in his plea agreement foreclosed his challenge to his conviction and sentence.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Merit Systems Protection Board's dismissal of an appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The court held that the petitioner failed to non-frivolously allege that his resignation from the Postal Service was involuntary due to coercion or duress.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a pro se litigant as untimely and duplicative. The court held that the notice of appeal was filed well after the statutory deadline and repeated a prior appeal of the same judgment.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a forty-eight-month sentence for illegal reentry. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing an upward variance based on the defendant's criminal and removal history.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that a commercial agreement unambiguously incorporated a full contract of sale. The court held that the agreement's language required the defendant to indemnify the plaintiff for patent infringement claims arising in the United States, despite the contract limiting indemnification to the jurisdiction where title passed.
