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The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court order remanding a foreclosure dispute to state court because the defendant's removal was untimely. The court held that the defendant failed to file the notice of removal within the statutory thirty-day window.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal of a pro se challenge to tribal membership classification. The court held that the statutory window to contest the determination under the Ute Partition Act had long expired.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision in this intellectual property dispute. The court issued a per curiam judgment without providing a written opinion.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment denying a motion to dismiss a firearm possession charge. The court held that it could not overrule a prior panel decision finding the statute constitutional under the Second Amendment.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal of a flood insurance claim suit filed more than a year after the insurer's initial denial. The court held that a claim is considered proved under the National Flood Insurance Act when an adjuster's report is accepted, even without a sworn proof of loss.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a summary judgment ruling in favor of The Nature Conservancy. The court held that a property owner failed to prove the elements of promissory estoppel based on alleged oral statements made during a lunch meeting.
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 The court issued a nonprecedential per curiam order without providing detailed reasoning.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).
