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The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Aaron Thompson's appeal of his 41-month sentence because his plea agreement contained a valid waiver barring substantive reasonableness challenges. The court held that Thompson knowingly and voluntarily entered the plea after the district court properly advised him of the waiver's scope.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Aaron Thompson's appeal of his 41-month sentence because his plea agreement contained a valid waiver of his right to appeal. The court held that Thompson knowingly and voluntarily waived his appellate rights, and none of the specific exceptions to that waiver applied to his case.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Aaron Thompson's appeal of his 41-month sentence because a valid waiver in his plea agreement barred the challenge. The court held that Thompson knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal substantive reasonableness, rendering the appeal unenforceable.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Aaron Thompson's appeal of his 41-month sentence for mailing threatening communications, ruling that his plea agreement's waiver provision barred the challenge. The court held that because Thompson failed to demonstrate his sentence exceeded the guideline range, statutory maximum, or violated the Eighth Amendment, the specific exceptions allowing an appeal were not triggered.
The Ninth Circuit held that a petitioner's claim of derivative citizenship presents a genuine issue of material fact that cannot be resolved by the Board of Immigration Appeals. Consequently, the court transferred the case to the United States District Court for a de novo determination of the nationality claim.
The Seventh Circuit granted Indiana's emergency motion to stay a district court injunction that had barred enforcement of Senate Bill 10. Applying the Purcell principle, the court held that federal courts should generally avoid altering election rules on the eve of an election to prevent voter confusion and administrative chaos.
The D.C. Circuit vacated preliminary injunctions blocking the transfer of transgender women inmates to men's facilities, ruling that the district court failed to make necessary individualized findings of fact. The court held that while the Eighth Amendment claim was not barred by jurisdictional or exhaustion statutes, the plaintiffs did not demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits without specific evidence of their unique vulnerabilities.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed an upward variance sentence for illegal reentry, ruling that a defendant's ambiguous statements during allocution do not constitute a proper objection to presentence report facts under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32. Because the defendant failed to explicitly contest the alleged belligerent conduct, the district court was permitted to rely on those unchallenged facts to justify the sentence.
The Fifth Circuit granted the government's unopposed motion to remand a criminal sentence after identifying a missed sentencing guideline error during an Anders review. The court vacated the 46-month imprisonment term and ordered resentencing to align with the applicable policy statement range.
The Ninth Circuit partially denied and partially granted a petition for review regarding an immigration order, ruling that substantial evidence supported the denial of withholding of removal but that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in denying voluntary departure. The court remanded the case for the agency to reweigh voluntary departure factors without relying on non-existent drug convictions.
