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The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Darrick Bell, who operated a drug and sex trafficking enterprise from a Detroit motel.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the conviction of a defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that the defendant's Second Amendment challenge to the federal statute is foreclosed by existing precedent.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop. The court held that officers had reasonable suspicion to prolong the stop for a canine sniff based on the collective knowledge of prior drug investigations.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a defendant's third motion for compassionate release. The court held that neither an unusually long sentence following a change in law nor the Bureau of Prisons' refusal to retroactively designate a state prison constituted extraordinary and compelling circumstances.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that a defendant waived his right to court-appointed counsel through persistent refusal to cooperate. The court held that the defendant's disruptive conduct and unreasonable demands for new attorneys constituted a valid waiver of his Sixth Amendment rights.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Merit Systems Protection Board decision upholding a settlement agreement. The court held that the petitioner forfeited arguments regarding coercion and fraud by failing to raise them during the administrative proceedings.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to TC Transcontinental Tulsa in a Title VII employment discrimination case brought by a pro se plaintiff.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed a summary judgment dismissal of a pretrial detainee's constitutional claims regarding medical care and conditions of confinement. The court held that the plaintiff failed to present specific, admissible evidence creating a genuine dispute of material fact regarding objectively unreasonable treatment.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Merit Systems Protection Board's decision to uphold the removal of a Department of Veterans Affairs employee. The court found substantial evidence supported the agency's finding that it would have removed the employee regardless of any protected whistleblowing activity.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a man convicted of disorderly conduct and criminal trespass after refusing to wear a mask in a Salvation Army store. The court held that the private store employees did not act under color of state law and that the judge and prosecutor involved in the state proceedings were protected by absolute immunity.
