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The Sixth Circuit reversed summary judgment for an officer in a Fourth Amendment excessive force case, finding a genuine dispute of material fact regarding the timing of a chokehold. The court held that whether the deadly force was applied before or after the plaintiff attempted to grab the officer's gun is a factual question for a jury to decide.
The Fourth Circuit held that servicemembers suing over alleged Servicemembers Civil Relief Act violations lacked Article III standing because their injuries were not traceable to the acts of the Governor or state judges. The court vacated the lower court's judgment and remanded with instructions to dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
The Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a voter's challenge to election machine security, ruling that she lacked Article III standing because her alleged injury was speculative. The court held that without proof she was prevented from voting or that her vote did not count, her claim amounted to an impermissible generalized grievance.
The Supreme Court reversed the Second Circuit, holding that a police officer was entitled to qualified immunity for using a rear wristlock to remove a passive protester. The Court ruled that existing precedent did not clearly establish that this specific conduct, performed after repeated warnings, violated the Fourth Amendment.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed Paul Curry's convictions for drug trafficking and firearm offenses, finding the evidence sufficient to prove intent to distribute and that the firearm facilitated the crime. The court also upheld the admission of jail call recordings and rejected Curry's challenge to his sentence, which fell within the recommended Guidelines range.
The Third Circuit vacated a conviction under the Procurement Integrity Act because the District Court accepted a guilty plea without a sufficient factual basis. The court held that disclosing information from a past procurement only violates the statute if that information is substantively identical to data submitted for a pending procurement.
The Third Circuit reversed a district court order compelling arbitration in a labor dispute over employee benefit contributions. The appellate court held that the grievance fell outside the scope of the collective bargaining agreement's arbitration clause because the claimed right did not arise from the contract itself.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for mortgage servicers, holding that monthly statements, payoff requests, and tax forms sent during a debtor's Chapter 13 bankruptcy were purely informational and did not constitute prohibited debt collection. The court reasoned that explicit disclaimers clarifying the documents' non-collection purpose prevented them from violating the automatic stay or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
The Federal Circuit reversed a summary judgment of noninfringement, holding that patent claims for rotary atomizers do not exclude curved surfaces or require separate pieces for attached components. However, the court affirmed the district court's decision to exclude the plaintiff's expert testimony due to a lack of specific design experience.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's rejection of a death row prisoner's Eighth Amendment challenge to Georgia's lethal injection protocol. The court held that the prisoner failed to prove a substantial likelihood of severe pain due to compromised veins and that the district court committed no reversible error in its evidentiary rulings.
