Topic
Every decision we've filed under Civil.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order rejecting asylum and withholding of removal claims. The court held that the BIA did not violate due process by adopting the immigration judge's decision and found substantial evidence supported the denial of relief.
The Tenth Circuit granted the parties' stipulation to voluntarily dismiss their appeal from a district court ruling. The court dismissed the case with each party bearing its own costs, leaving the underlying district court judgment in place.
The First Circuit dismissed an appeal by four public sector employees seeking declaratory judgments that union dues deductions were unconstitutional. The court held that the claims were moot because the union and university had already ceased the deductions and ordered reimbursement for past payments.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for insurance companies, holding that a motorcycle accident was clearly excluded from coverage under the plain language of the policy declarations. The court rejected arguments that conflicting exclusions created an ambiguity, ruling that Colorado law requires enforcement of explicit exclusions that bar coverage for unlisted vehicles.
The Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Phyllis Alston's federal civil rights claims against healthcare providers, ruling that her allegations of racial discrimination were conclusory and unsupported by specific facts. The court further held that Alston's challenge to the denial of a continuance to file certificates of merit was moot because she had already refiled her state medical negligence claims in state court.
The Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a negligent entrustment claim against Avis, ruling that the plaintiff failed to plausibly allege the rental company knew the driver posed an unreasonable risk. The court also held that the plaintiff forfeited any arguments based on a specific Pennsylvania statute by failing to raise them in the lower court.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied petitions for review challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's adopted exit-fee methodology for generation-and-transmission cooperatives.
The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of an immigration judge's denial of asylum and related relief. The court vacated the decision because the judge relied on multiple factual findings unsupported by substantial evidence.
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of leave to file a new complaint, ruling that the proposed filing failed to meet Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a) standards and contained frivolous claims previously enjoined. The court further held that challenges to the underlying pre-filing injunction were barred by prior failure to appeal, and rejected allegations of judicial bias as meritless.
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of the appellant's complaint, ruling that certain claims were patently insubstantial and failed to present a federal question. The court further held that sua sponte dismissal was proper under the Twombly pleading standard because the amended complaint lacked the required short and plain statement of claim.