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Every decision we've filed under Civil.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal of a Section nineteen eighty-three claim alleging a state-created danger. The court held that the plaintiffs failed to plausibly allege that the school district knew the student was violent or that its policies caused the attack.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a pro se prisoner for lack of jurisdiction and duplicative litigation. The court found that the appellant had already appealed the primary orders and failed to timely appeal other procedural rulings.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court held that the petitioners waived claims regarding past persecution and failed to prove a nexus between feared future harm and their family status.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal with prejudice of a pro se plaintiff's Fair Credit Reporting Act complaint. The court held that the plaintiff abandoned his arguments on appeal and that the district court properly exercised its inherent power to manage its docket.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court found substantial evidence supported the agency's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture relief.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed a petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board. The dismissal occurred because the petitioner failed to pay the required docketing fee and file the necessary statement concerning discrimination.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a pro se plaintiff's second amended complaint as a shotgun pleading. The court held that the complaint failed to provide fair notice of claims and violated Federal Rules of Civil Procedure eight and ten.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court affirmed the denial of cancellation of removal and voluntary departure for a Guatemalan national.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by Ricardo J. Calderon Lopez as untimely and frivolous. This order follows a prior dismissal of an identical appeal by the same court in two thousand and twenty-four.
The Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded a district court dismissal of a takings claim and a state nuisance claim arising from a stalled Baltimore redevelopment project. The appellate court held that plaintiffs had standing to bring the takings claim but failed to state a valid claim because they did not own the property taken.