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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal prisoner's habeas corpus petition challenging his classification as a disruptive group member. The court held that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review the Bureau of Prisons' discretionary determinations under the relevant statute.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction and supervised release revocation for illegal reentry. The court held that the defendant's constitutional challenge to the statutory sentencing enhancement was foreclosed by existing Supreme Court precedent.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a habeas corpus petition challenging a Bureau of Prisons calculation of good conduct time credits. The court held that the Bureau of Prisons properly applied statutory guidelines to reduce credits for disciplinary violations even when the inmate was serving a life sentence.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a twenty-four-month above-guidelines sentence imposed on Aubrey Suzuki following a second revocation of supervised release. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in balancing the sentencing factors under Section thirty-five fifty-three of Title eighteen of the United States Code.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Merit Systems Protection Board's decision in a nonprecedential ruling. The court issued a per curiam judgment without providing detailed reasoning.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that a school district violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by proposing to place a student with disabilities in a restrictive therapeutic day school. The court held that the student could receive a satisfactory education in a less restrictive special education classroom with the addition of a one-on-one aide.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pro se complaint alleging breach of fiduciary duties by the United States and the State of Hawaii. The court held that the Court of Federal Claims lacked subject-matter jurisdiction because the plaintiffs sought only equitable relief and failed to identify a money-mandating source of law.
The Eleventh Circuit held that unadmitted aliens found in the interior of the United States are not automatically subject to mandatory detention without bond under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The court ruled that the statute requires aliens to be actively seeking lawful entry to trigger the no-bond detention provision.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's summary judgment in favor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, holding that a federally recognized tribe selling cigarettes to other tribes for resale violated the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act by failing to comply with California state tax and licensing laws.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision to reject a petitioner's attempt to introduce a new prior art reference against a specific patent claim in a reply brief.
