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The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on the jurisdiction of the Mine Safety and Health Administration over KC Transport's maintenance facility.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order denying asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture protection. The court held that the record contained substantial evidence that the petitioner failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution because harm to her relatives was not closely tied to her and she suffered no physical injury herself.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of Matthew Sheehan's motion to suppress evidence, ruling that police possessed reasonable suspicion to stop his vehicle based on corroborated informant tips and cell-site data. The court held that the totality of the circumstances supported the inference that Sheehan was engaged in an ongoing drug trafficking operation.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision, ruling that the petitioner's motions to reopen and reconsider were barred by statutory time limits and the one-motion rule. The court found no exceptions applied because the petitioner failed to demonstrate changed country conditions or fundamental unfairness in his immigration proceedings.
The Ninth Circuit vacated summary judgment on a False Claims Act retaliation claim, ruling that an employer's refusal to renew a contract after an employee reported Medicaid fraud created a genuine dispute of material fact. The court held that a reasonable jury could find the nonrenewal was likely to deter protected activity and that the employer's stated reasons were pretextual.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a whistleblower's False Claims Act claims, ruling that his allegations were barred because they relied on a prior public lawsuit. The court further held that the relator failed to meet the heightened pleading standards required for fraud claims and that Kentucky law does not provide a private cause of action for such fraud.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review, upholding the Board of Immigration Appeals' rejection of an immigrant's claims for cancellation of removal, asylum, and protection from torture. The court found substantial evidence supported the agency's conclusion that the petitioner failed to prove exceptional hardship to his children and did not demonstrate changed circumstances to excuse his late asylum filing.
The Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a consumer class action alleging Target sold cotton sheets with impossible thread counts. The court held that literally false advertising claims present questions of fact inappropriate for dismissal at the pleading stage.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Freightliner but reversed for Forest River in a Florida Lemon Law dispute, holding that the district court erred by imposing an incorrect presumption standard.
