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The Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a police officer who conducted a warrantless search of an apartment following a stabbing. The court held that the officer was entitled to qualified immunity because it was not clearly established law that such a search violated the Fourth Amendment under the emergency aid exception.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Jordan Talley-Smith's lawsuit against Mission Lane, LLC, ruling that he cannot represent a private trust pro se and failed to comply with signature requirements under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11. The court held that Smith's claims were frivolous because they relied on the invalid legal theory that a self-created bill of exchange satisfied his debt obligations.
The First Circuit affirmed the District Court's denial of Anthony Shea's request to vacate his federal firearms convictions, ruling that instructional errors regarding predicate crimes were harmless. The court also upheld the resentencing of Shea based on the erroneous application of the career offender guideline, which the government conceded no longer applied.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal employee's Title VII claims for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, holding that he missed the mandatory 45-day reporting deadline for most alleged discriminatory acts. While the court upheld the summary judgment against the plaintiff, it remanded one specific issue regarding whether a later dismissal letter could retroactively exhaust an earlier investigation claim.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the Army's denial of a former soldier's reenlistment application, ruling that federal military regulations prohibiting waivers for major misconduct override state expungement laws. The court held that the Army acted within its congressionally delegated authority and did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in rejecting the appellant's request.
The First Circuit affirmed a criminal contempt order against a witness who refused to testify despite receiving statutory immunity. The court held that the Fifth Amendment privilege does not protect a witness from being compelled to testify truthfully, even if they fear prosecution for perjury based on the content of their testimony.
The First Circuit affirmed Chang Goo Yoon's conviction for health care fraud, rejecting his challenges to evidentiary rulings regarding prior insurance investigations and sentencing enhancements. The court held that evidence of Yoon's knowledge of past investigations was probative of his specific intent and that the district court properly calculated intended loss and applied sentencing enhancements.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions of Joan Manuel Estadella for felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The court rejected challenges to the denial of a motion to suppress, the admission of evidence, and the sentencing calculation based on drug purity.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Javier Hernandez's convictions for migrant smuggling, transporting stolen vessels, and money laundering. The court held that the government's extraction of cell phone data after a warrant's expiration date was lawful under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 and that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's verdict.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court's bench verdict against Haliron Power LLC, finding no clear error in the lower court's determination that Haliron failed to prove its claims. The appellate court applied a mixed standard of review, deferring to the district judge's factual findings while reviewing legal conclusions de novo.
