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Every decision we've filed under Civil.
The Ninth Circuit remanded the Environmental Protection Agency's 2024 rule on decaBDE without vacatur, finding the agency failed to provide substantial evidence for excluding recycling, disposal, wastewater, and sewage sludge from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a federal prisoner because the notice of appeal was premature. The court held that a magistrate judge's report and recommendation is not a final, appealable order until the district court adopts it.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court order granting summary judgment against a California prisoner in a civil rights action. The appellate court held that the prisoner's claims were either time-barred or failed to exhaust administrative remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act.
The Ninth Circuit remanded the Environmental Protection Agency's 2024 rule regarding the flame retardant decaBromodiphenyl Ether without vacatur, finding the agency failed to provide substantial evidence for its decision not to regulate specific exposure pathways under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
The First Circuit affirmed a district court order upholding the Board for Correction of Naval Records denial of a discharge upgrade. The court held that the Board properly applied Department of Defense guidance and that the veteran's serious misconduct outweighed mitigating mental health factors.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a lower court order lifting the automatic stay in a bankruptcy case. The court held that the property at issue had revested in the debtor under the confirmed reorganization plan, terminating the stay.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying asylum and related protections. The court held that the petitioner failed to exhaust administrative remedies regarding key legal challenges.
The Ninth Circuit remanded the Environmental Protection Agency's 2024 rule regarding the flame retardant decaBromodiphenyl Ether without vacatur, finding the agency failed to provide substantial evidence for excluding recycling, disposal, wastewater, and sewage sludge from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to a fire protection district. The court held that a Fire Chief's provision of surveillance video to a criminal investigator was speech made pursuant to his official duties and thus not protected by the First Amendment.
The Third Circuit reversed the dismissal of a cardiologist's defamation and retaliation claims against his university and hospital employers. The court held that the defendants' social media campaign and article retraction may have been motivated by actual malice and that the plaintiff's criticism of racial preferences constituted protected activity.