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The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision in this intellectual property matter. The court issued a nonprecedential per curiam order without providing detailed reasoning.
The Eighth Circuit vacates Paul Parrow's conviction for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances due to a district court's erroneous exclusion of evidence regarding a co-owner's drug history. The court affirmed the conspiracy conviction, finding the evidentiary error harmless for that count, but ordered a new trial on the possession charge where the excluded evidence was critical to the defense.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment in a prisoner's Eighth Amendment medical care claim. The court found no genuine dispute regarding the seriousness of the plaintiff's foot pain or any deliberate indifference by the medical director.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the reasonableness of an 18-month prison sentence for a defendant who repeatedly violated supervised release conditions. However, the court vacated an additional one-year supervised release term because it exceeded the statutory maximum allowed under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(h).
The Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pre-award bid protest because the plaintiff failed to appear at scheduled status conferences without providing a valid explanation. The court held that even pro se litigants must comply with clear court orders and that failure to prosecute a case warrants dismissal under RCFC 41.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for prison medical staff, ruling that an inmate failed to exhaust administrative remedies for claims regarding a dislocated finger. The court held that the inmate's grievances did not specifically name the individual defendants or address the specific delays alleged, leaving the claims unexhausted under the PLRA.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted the Government's motion to dismiss an appeal based on a plea agreement waiver. The court dismissed the defendant's challenges to his sentence with prejudice.
The Sixth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order rejecting an asylum seeker's claims for withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture protection. The court held that the petitioner failed to prove his fear of persecution was motivated by a protected ground rather than general criminal financial gain, and that he waived his CAT claim by failing to exhaust administrative remedies.
The Federal Circuit affirmed that a government agency's override of an automatic statutory stay in a federal procurement dispute was arbitrary and capricious. The court held that a bid protestor need not satisfy the traditional four-factor equitable test to obtain relief, preserving the mandatory stay mechanism under the Competition in Contracting Act.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's award of attorney's fees and costs to a defendant after the plaintiff lost a copyright infringement suit. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion in the lower court's decision to impose the financial penalty.
