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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court order dismissing a pro se civil action as frivolous. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's decision after reviewing the record.
The Ninth Circuit denied Okky Ficrada Jaya's petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissal of his motion for administrative closure. The court found no error in the Immigration Judge's handling of competency safeguards and ruled that challenges to the continuance denial were moot after USCIS denied the underlying relief.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Jill Coit's § 1983 claims against prison officials, ruling that her fourth amended complaint failed to state a claim. The court held that the Eleventh Amendment barred monetary relief against official-capacity defendants and that the complaint did not comply with federal pleading standards.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Pakuja Crystal Vang's pro se civil action as frivolous but modified the order to allow amendment of claims against non-government defendants. The court held that Vang forfeited appellate review of the dismissal reasons by failing to challenge them in her informal brief.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the employer in a Title VII discrimination and retaliation case because the plaintiff failed to prove pretext or establish protected activity. The court also upheld the district court's denial of motions for recusal, reconsideration, and vexatious litigant designation.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the denial of Hilde Favela's motion for compassionate release, ruling that sentencing disparities and presentence report disputes do not constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons. The court held that challenges to sentencing calculations must be pursued through a habeas motion rather than a compassionate release proceeding.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision finding specific patent claims unpatentable for obviousness. The court held that substantial evidence supported the Board's findings regarding prior art references and the motivation to combine them.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of an employment discrimination lawsuit because the plaintiff failed to file a timely charge with the EEOC. This failure to exhaust administrative remedies also barred her parallel claims under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that an insurer had a duty to defend a general contractor under an additional insured policy. The court held that the underlying lawsuits alleged injuries caused in part by the subcontractor's failure to provide safety barriers during ongoing operations.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's obviousness rejections for most claims of a network-threat detection patent but reversed its finding for two specific claims. The court held that the Board failed to provide substantial evidence that a skilled artisan would have been motivated to combine prior art references to render claims 4 and 14 obvious.
