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The Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal sua sponte because the district court's orders were not final judgments. The court held that the orders granting an extension of time and denying a motion to disqualify counsel were not immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Steven James Kelly's criminal appeal because his notice of appeal was filed well past the 14-day deadline mandated by the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Even applying the prison mailbox rule to calculate the filing date, the appeal remained untimely and ineligible for an extension of time.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal sua sponte because the district court's orders were interlocutory and not final judgments. The court held that the challenged rulings were not immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine as they could be reviewed after a final judgment.
The Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal because the district court's order to file a second amended complaint was not a final, appealable order. The appellate court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case under federal statutes governing final judgments and interlocutory orders.
The Third Circuit denied in part and dismissed in part a petition challenging an Immigration Judge's rulings on administrative closure, continuance, and voluntary departure. The court held that the petitioner failed to show the first two rulings affected the outcome of his removal, while the third was barred from judicial review by statute.
The Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal because the prisoner failed to obtain a required certificate of appealability. The court found that the appellant did not make the necessary showing that his constitutional rights were debatably denied.
The D.C. Circuit held that a timely motion for reconsideration by the Foreign Service Grievance Board renders the underlying order nonfinal, resetting the 180-day statute of limitations for judicial review. The court reversed the district court's dismissal of four counts challenging Board orders as time-barred while affirming the dismissal of a fifth count regarding the right to file further motions.
The Fourth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability for John Cox's attempt to challenge the timeliness of his habeas petition. The court found that Cox failed to make a substantial showing that the district court's procedural ruling was debatable or that he was denied a constitutional right.
The Fourth Circuit denied Meldamion Antoine Huguley's petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to vacate his federal firearms conviction. The court held that mandamus is an extraordinary remedy unavailable when adequate appellate or collateral review channels exist, particularly after the underlying § 2255 motion was dismissed as unauthorized and successive.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Brian David Hill's appeal from the denial of his federal habeas corpus motion because he failed to obtain a certificate of appealability. The court found that Hill did not make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right as required by statute.
