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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court found the petitioner failed to exhaust challenges to the asylum claim and that the evidence did not compel a finding of torture risk.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Samuel Sweeley in an unpublished per curiam opinion. The court declined to address a potential error regarding a drug testing payment condition because the defendant did not challenge that specific aspect of his sentence.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Daontae Nathaniel Hale for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens. The court held that the district court properly denied Hale's motion to suppress evidence gathered by Border Patrol agents.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment upholding the denial of disability insurance benefits. The panel found that the Administrative Law Judge's decision was supported by substantial evidence and free of legal error.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to vacate an order of dismissal. The appellate court found no error in the lower court's handling of the case.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's sentence for illegal reentry and supervised release revocation. The court found no plain error in the sentencing calculations, the use of retributive factors, or the classification of the defendant's prior robbery as an aggravated felony.
The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of qualified immunity for police officers in a First Amendment retaliation case involving a domestic violence scene.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment on claims alleging an airline accident based on an imperfect medical response by the flight crew. The court reversed summary judgment on claims relying on an alleged malfunction of the aircraft's automated external defibrillator.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's sentence for illegal reentry and supervised release revocation. The court found no plain error in the sentencing calculations, the name used in the revocation order, or the classification of the defendant's prior robbery as an aggravated felony.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling holding the Dillon Trust Company liable as a transferee for unpaid taxes owed by Humboldt Shelby Holding Corporation. The court found that the trusts had constructive knowledge of a fraudulent scheme designed to evade corporate income taxes through a collapsed stock and asset sale transaction.
