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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal by a federal prisoner seeking relief under a motion filed under Section twenty-eight U.S.C. Section two thousand two hundred fifty-five. The court concluded that the appellant failed to make the requisite showing to obtain a certificate of appealability.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for BP in a toxic tort case arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The court held that the plaintiff's expert testimony failed to establish general causation because it did not link the specific chemical exposure to the plaintiff's specific cancer.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed an award of attorneys' fees and costs in a Fair Labor Standards Act dispute. The court held that a Rule Sixty Eight offer did not bar the award because the plaintiff obtained a judgment more favorable than the defendant's offer.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a defendant seeking to challenge a district court order rescheduling his sentencing hearing. The court held that the order was neither a final judgment nor an appealable interlocutory order under federal law.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a drug trafficking conviction and sentence. The court rejected the defendant's challenge to a sentencing enhancement for being an organizer of a criminal enterprise involving five or more participants.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal because the underlying district court order was not a final judgment. The court held that a stipulation dismissing fewer than all claims against a party was ineffective under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure forty-one.
The Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal by a state prisoner seeking relief from a district court order denying his habeas corpus petition. The court found the prisoner failed to demonstrate a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right required to obtain a certificate of appealability.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the sentence imposed on Gabriel Ramos-Bernhard for illegal reentry. The court held that his constitutional challenge to the sentencing enhancement is foreclosed by existing Supreme Court precedent.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal regarding a sentence reduction motion because the underlying issue became moot. The district court had already granted the government's motion to reduce the defendant's sentence after the appeal was filed.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the denial of an emergency motion for compassionate release. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in weighing the nature of the offense and the defendant's criminal history against the request for sentence reduction.
