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The Second Circuit held that proceeding to trial without a competency inquiry was objectively unreasonable given the petitioner's cyclical history of incompetence. The court reversed the district court's denial of habeas relief and remanded with instructions to issue a conditional writ.
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights complaint because the plaintiff failed to provide a short, plain statement of the claim required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a). The court further held that the district court correctly denied leave to amend the complaint, as the proposed changes would not have cured the original pleading deficiencies.
The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction against California AB 587, holding that its Content Category Report provisions likely violate the First Amendment. The court ruled that the mandates compel non-commercial speech subject to strict scrutiny and are not narrowly tailored to serve the state's transparency goals.
The Ninth Circuit vacated a defendant's sentence because the district court incorrectly applied a career offender enhancement based on a prior California assault conviction. The panel held that the assault statute criminalizes reckless conduct, which fails to meet the Supreme Court's mens rea requirements for a federal crime of violence.
The Second Circuit affirmed summary judgment for four major book publishers, ruling that Internet Archive's practice of scanning and lending entire copyrighted books violates the Copyright Act. The court held that this digital lending program fails the fair use test because it is not transformative and usurps the publishers' market for licensed eBooks.
The D.C. Circuit held that the EPA violated the Clean Air Act by classifying industrial boilers built before 2020 as new sources, contradicting the statute's explicit temporal definitions. Consequently, the court granted petitions from industry groups challenging this classification while denying environmental groups' challenges to the agency's data selection.
The D.C. Circuit held that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires school districts to provide door-to-door assistance for a wheelchair-bound student to access school. The court reversed summary judgment, ruling that transporting a child from their apartment door to a school bus constitutes a mandatory transportation service under federal law.
The Second Circuit dismissed the Republic of Sudan's interlocutory appeal, holding that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's state-sponsored terrorism exception bars immediate appeals under the collateral-order doctrine. Sudan must now await a final judgment in the district court before challenging its immunity status.
The Second Circuit dismissed the Republic of Sudan's interlocutory appeal, holding that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's state-sponsored terrorism exception bars immediate appeals under the collateral-order doctrine. Sudan must wait for a final judgment in the underlying litigation before it can challenge the district court's denial of sovereign immunity.
The Second Circuit dismissed the Republic of Sudan's interlocutory appeal, ruling that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's appellate bar precludes immediate review of immunity denials under the collateral-order doctrine. Sudan must now await a final judgment on the merits before challenging the district court's denial of sovereign immunity.
