Topic
Every decision we've filed under Civil.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Pakuja Crystal Vang's pro se civil action as frivolous. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's determination that the complaint failed to state a cognizable claim.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of an employment discrimination lawsuit because the plaintiff failed to file a timely charge with the EEOC. This failure to exhaust administrative remedies also barred her parallel claims under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Waseem Daker's civil rights complaint because he violated a permanent filing injunction issued by the Northern District of Georgia. The court held that federal courts possess inherent authority to prevent vexatious litigants from encroaching on judicial resources, rejecting Daker's argument that the injunction was an impermissible universal injunction under Trump v. CASA.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Pakuja Crystal Vang's pro se civil action as frivolous but modified the order to allow amendment of claims against non-government defendants. The court held that Vang forfeited appellate review of the dismissal reasons by failing to challenge them in her informal brief.
The Ninth Circuit denied Anthony Duran's petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order denying his claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. The court affirmed that Duran's conviction for shooting at an occupied vehicle constituted a particularly serious crime and found substantial evidence supported the denial of his other relief requests.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of antitrust and state law claims brought by artificial turf manufacturers against their suppliers. The court held that the plaintiffs failed to plausibly allege monopoly power in a relevant market and did not meet the notice requirements for breach of warranty claims.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision that specific claims of a semiconductor substrate patent were obvious. The court found that prior art references collectively disclosed all claim limitations and provided sufficient motivation for a skilled artisan to combine them.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Alfred Clark's foreclosure-related claims, ruling that he failed to plausibly allege the defendants were debt collectors under the FDCPA or that he was not in default. The court held that amending the complaint would be futile because no viable legal theory existed to support his allegations under federal or Nevada law.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a products liability lawsuit filed by a pro se plaintiff, ruling that his claims were time-barred under Georgia's statute of limitations and statute of repose. The court held that the plaintiff failed to plausibly allege that his injury was undiscovered within the statutory period, as his medical records and concessions established he knew of the harm in 2021.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's obviousness rejections for most claims of a network-threat detection patent but reversed its finding for two specific claims. The court held that the Board failed to provide substantial evidence that a skilled artisan would have been motivated to combine prior art references to render claims 4 and 14 obvious.