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The Eleventh Circuit affirmed convictions under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act for three defendants arrested on a vessel without nationality. The court held that a State Department certification confirming a lack of nationality is conclusive proof of jurisdiction.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to revoke supervised release and impose consecutive sentences for a defendant who absconded from a halfway house. The court held that the district court did not plainly err by considering the seriousness of the violation conduct as a breach of trust, even though it used language referencing punitive goals.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Michelle Lee Marr for second-degree murder and tampering with proceedings. The court found that the defendant was not in custody during police interviews and voluntarily consented to a search of her cell phone.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing an employment discrimination lawsuit. The court held that the plaintiff failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove that her termination was pretext for race or sex discrimination or retaliation.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed an eighty-month prison sentence for a convicted felon found in possession of a firearm. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in upwardly departing from the Sentencing Guidelines based on the defendant's serious uncounted criminal history.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a civil rights complaint. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's ruling that the plaintiff failed to state a claim.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's decision to revoke supervised release and impose sentences in two consolidated cases. The court rejected the defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and substantive unreasonableness.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of a motion for early termination of supervised release. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion despite the defendant's stable employment and housing.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions of three defendants under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. The court held that the vessel was subject to United States jurisdiction because the claimed nation of registry failed to affirmatively assert the vessel's nationality.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals denial of cancellation of removal for an immigrant convicted of identity fraud. The court held that the conviction constituted a crime involving moral turpitude and that the immigration judge properly denied a continuance request.
