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The Eleventh Circuit granted appointed counsel's motion to withdraw after an independent review found no arguable issues for appeal. The court affirmed Lorenzo Heatrice's convictions and sentences without addressing specific legal standards or statutes.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a restitution order requiring a drug seller to compensate the estate of a purchaser who died from drug consumption. The court held that a buyer who consumes drugs for personal use is a valid victim under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act and not a participant in the offense.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a 36-month sentence for illegal re-entry, rejecting the defendant's claim that the district court abused its discretion by relying on his prior criminal history. The court held that sentencing judges possess broad authority to weigh § 3553(a) factors and may attach significant weight to a defendant's recidivism without presuming unreasonableness for variances.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Arthur Tsatryan's federal claims, ruling that his lawsuit functioned as an impermissible de facto appeal of prior state divorce judgments. The court held that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred federal review because the claims were inextricably intertwined with state court orders and lacked sufficient allegations of extrinsic fraud.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a 108-month sentence for a defendant convicted of conspiring to distribute cocaine on a vessel. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in denying a minor-role reduction because the defendant's knowing participation as a crewmember constituted serious involvement in the criminal scheme.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Teri Sahm's foreclosure challenge, ruling that her complaint failed to state a claim due to a lack of factual allegations linking defendants to harm. The court upheld the district court's findings on preclusion, recusal, and vexatious litigant status, leaving the dismissal and restrictions on future filings in place.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of Patrick Hall's § 2255 motion, ruling that the district court did not violate the *Clisby* mandate by resolving his ineffective assistance claim in a single sentence. The appellate court found that the district court's reliance on credibility findings and the lack of prejudice established a sufficient record for meaningful review.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of T.M.J.'s IDEA claims, ruling that the two-year statute of limitations began running in 2020 when his parents knew or should have known of the alleged misdiagnosis. The court held that neither statutory exception for misrepresentation nor withholding of information applied to toll the deadline.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the International Trade Commission's finding that no Section 337 violation occurred, upholding the termination of the investigation. The court held that substantial evidence supported the conclusion that Centripetal's products failed to meet the technical requirements of the asserted patent claims.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling that specific augmented reality patent claims are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as abstract ideas. The court held that the patents merely recite generic computer components performing conventional location-based filtering without an inventive concept.
