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Every decision we've filed under Civil.
The Eleventh Circuit held that the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act abrogated its prior precedent in Castro, extending Rehabilitation Act protections to TSA security screeners. Consequently, the court vacated the district court's dismissal of the plaintiff's disability discrimination claim and remanded the case for further proceedings.
The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling that held a school district had no duty to offer a free appropriate public education because parents requested an IEP meeting rather than an IEP document. The panel clarified that the purpose of an IEP meeting is to develop and offer an IEP, making the specific terminology used by parents irrelevant to the district's obligation.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a consumer debt collection lawsuit for lack of Article III standing. The court held that the plaintiff's claims of emotional distress, wasted time, and speculative credit reporting impacts were too conjectural to establish a concrete injury.
The D.C. Circuit vacated the District Court's injunction and remanded the case for further proceedings. The court also dismissed the amended emergency motion for stay pending appeal as moot.
The Third Circuit dismissed in part and denied in part Josue Roman Sanchez's petition for review of BIA decisions regarding asylum and removal relief. The court held that Sanchez waived his asylum-related claims by failing to exhaust them and lacked a meritorious legal issue regarding the denial of his cancellation of removal application.
The Third Circuit denied a physician assistant's petition to overturn the DEA's revocation of his registration for issuing controlled substances without proper supervision. The court held that the petitioner failed to prove that any alleged constitutional flaws in the Administrative Law Judge's removal protections caused his injury and found the revocation decision was neither arbitrary nor capricious.
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a complaint filed against the President, ruling that the pleading failed to provide fair notice of the claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a). The court further held that the district court properly declined to grant leave to amend sua sponte because the appellant identified no viable amendments that would entitle her to relief.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to apply a fluctuating federal interest rate to a mixed federal and state law judgment. The court held that when a verdict does not distinguish between state and federal claims, the district court retains discretion to select the rate that most accurately compensates the plaintiff for lost wages.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of qualified immunity for police officers involved in a high-speed chase where a fleeing suspect crashed into innocent bystanders. The court held that plaintiffs plausibly alleged a Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process violation by claiming the officers chased with a purpose to harm the suspect in a manner exceeding legitimate law enforcement needs, and that this right was clearly established.
The Seventh Circuit reversed the district court's denial of a motion to certify a question of Illinois law to the state's highest court. The appellate court held that conflicting Illinois precedents regarding permitted industrial emissions create genuine uncertainty about whether such discharges constitute traditional environmental pollution under the Koloms standard.