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The Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's denial of Rasheed Hargrove's motion for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion, noting the lower court properly considered Hargrove's arguments regarding historical sentencing inequities.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Willie Good's race discrimination and retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's ruling and determined that oral argument was unnecessary.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Mengyang Li's pro se Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims against Shepherd University. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's ruling and dispensed with oral argument.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Ethan D. Delauder's conviction for possessing a firearm after a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction, rejecting his Second Amendment challenge. The court held that his facial challenge was foreclosed by precedent and his as-applied challenge was waived for failure to develop the argument.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the denial of a habeas corpus petition because the petitioner failed to file specific objections to the magistrate judge's recommendation. This failure to object resulted in a forfeiture of the right to appellate review of the substantive recommendation.
The Tenth Circuit reversed a conviction, ruling that the Fourth Amendment does not permit a protective sweep of a vehicle based solely on a passenger's romantic relationship with an arrested driver. The court held that the government's reliance on this association constituted an impermissible criminality-by-association test rather than a valid totality-of-circumstances analysis for reasonable suspicion.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a 240-month sentence for a defendant who orchestrated a $200 million Ponzi scheme, rejecting claims of sentencing guideline miscalculation and substantive unreasonableness. The court held that any potential error in applying victim enhancements was harmless because the statutory maximum sentence remained the same regardless.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction of a convicted felon for firearm possession, rejecting both facial and as-applied Second Amendment challenges. The court held that its prior precedent in United States v. Canada and United States v. Hunt remains binding despite recent Supreme Court rulings.
The Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability and dismissed Eric Fernandez's federal habeas petition because it was filed after the one-year statute of limitations expired. The court held that Fernandez failed to exercise due diligence in discovering that his counsel had not filed a necessary motion to withdraw his plea, which triggered the finality of his conviction.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a 24-month prison sentence imposed after the revocation of William Coleman's supervised release. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in finding that Coleman possessed a firearm during a shoplifting incident, despite conflicting witness testimony and low-quality video evidence.
