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Every decision we've filed under Civil.
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 its decision not to regulate specific exposure pathways 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.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment in a civil rights action brought by a prisoner against correctional officers. The court held that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate plain error regarding the denial of counsel, alleged judicial misconduct, and the use of physical restraints during trial.
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 United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the federal government. The court held that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate good cause for additional discovery and could not prove that her termination was pretextual retaliation.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Acute, Inc.'s appeals regarding a bankruptcy sale order and a liquidation plan confirmation. The court held that Acute abandoned its challenges to the sale order and forfeited its objections to the confirmation order by failing to raise them in the bankruptcy court.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging a Board of Immigration Appeals decision that found a drug trafficking conviction to be a particularly serious crime. The panel held that the Attorney General's strong presumption in Matter of Y-L- sufficed to establish the petitioner was a danger to the community without requiring a separate individualized dangerousness analysis.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal for failure to serve defendants within the required timeframe. The court held that the plaintiff did not demonstrate good cause for the delay or request an extension under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure four comma m.