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The Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court order confirming an arbitration award in an employment discrimination case. The court held that the district court had subject matter jurisdiction and that the arbitrator did not commit misconduct by admitting evidence the appellant characterized as hearsay.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a conviction and sentence where the district court failed to submit the Armed Career Criminal Act occasions inquiry to a jury. The court held that the error was harmless because the evidence that the prior offenses occurred on separate occasions was overwhelming.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a conviction for illegal reentry. The court held that the defendant failed to demonstrate prejudice from alleged errors in her prior removal orders.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the criminal judgment and sentence of Tyrone Kelly. The court rejected Kelly's challenges to his drug trafficking conviction and the resulting forty-five-month imprisonment term.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal of a contract dispute between music managers and a record label. The court held that the plaintiffs failed to plead fraudulent inducement with sufficient particularity and that amending the complaint would be futile.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a federal sentence that included a career-offender enhancement based on prior Delaware drug convictions. The court held that the state statutes punished completed deliveries, even when those deliveries involved attempted transfers.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentence of a defendant convicted of drug-related offenses and maintaining a drug premises. The court found sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict and determined the district court did not clearly err in applying the drug-house sentencing enhancement.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Zak Shaik's pro se complaint. The appellate court found no error in the lower court's grant of a motion to compel arbitration and its dismissal for lack of prosecution.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction against defendants in a trademark infringement dispute. The court held that defendants' initial use of the marks inured to the benefit of the plaintiffs because they were operating under a valid licensing agreement at the time.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a sixty-six-month sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm and upheld revocations of supervised release. The court remanded two related appeals to correct a clerical error in the judgment that listed violations not found by the district court.
